A Review of Wireless Sensor Technologies and Applications in Agriculture and Food Industry: State of the Art and Current Trends

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A Review of Wireless Sensor Technologies and Applications in Agriculture and Food Industry: State of the Art and Current Trends

Luis Ruiz-Garcia^1,* , Loredana Lunadei¹, Pilar Barreiro¹ and Ignacio Robla²

¹ Laboratorio de Propiedades Físicas y Tecnologías Avanzadas en Agroalimentación, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, / ETSI Agrónomos, Edificio Motores, Avda. Complutense s/n 28040 Madrid, Spain ² Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Metalúrgicas (CENIM-CSIC), / Avda. Gregorio del Amo, 8, 28040, Madrid, Spain

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Received: 27 April 2009; in revised form: 5 June 2009 / Accepted: 11 June 2009 / Published: 16 June 2009

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)

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Abstract: The aim of the present paper is to review the technical and scientific state of the art of wireless sensor technologies and standards for wireless communications in the Agri-Food sector. These technologies are very promising in several fields such as environmental monitoring, precision agriculture, cold chain control or traceability. The paper focuses on WSN (Wireless Sensor Networks) and RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), presenting the different systems available, recent developments and examples of applications, including ZigBee based WSN and passive, semi-passive and active RFID. Future trends of wireless communications in agriculture and food industry are also discussed.

Keywords: WSN; RFID; agriculture; food

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Ruiz-Garcia, L.; Lunadei, L.; Barreiro, P.; Robla, I. A Review of Wireless Sensor Technologies and Applications in Agriculture and Food Industry: State of the Art and Current Trends. Sensors 2009, 9, 4728-4750.

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Ruiz-Garcia L., Lunadei L., Barreiro P., Robla I. A Review of Wireless Sensor Technologies and Applications in Agriculture and Food Industry: State of the Art and Current Trends. Sensors. 2009; 9(6):4728-4750.

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Ruiz-Garcia, Luis; Lunadei, Loredana; Barreiro, Pilar; Robla, Ignacio. 2009. "A Review of Wireless Sensor Technologies and Applications in Agriculture and Food Industry: State of the Art and Current Trends." Sensors 9, no. 6: 4728-4750.

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