Abstract
This article describes a remote-monitoring system for poultry production management. This system had three essential components: an on-site data acquisition program, 3G wireless networks, and remote communication software. All data were collected and transmitted via the wireless connection from a remote site. Environmental parameters including ambient temperature, relative humidity, light intensity and CO2 concentration of a compartment housing for a small-group (n=15) of laying hens were measured in a 24 h period with an interval of 10 min. Comparisons were made between the experimental group (data acquired by the system) and the control group (data recorded by the standard measuring instruments). During the collection of environmental parameters, the relative errors were less than 5%. Compared to the wired LANs, the average speeds of this 3G-based network reached 1267 kbps while the real-time communication and data transmission requires a minimum rate of 512 kbps for video, images, and text data. With over 95% accuracy for data acquisition and more than twice of the required speeds for data transmission, the remotemonitoring system based on 3G wireless networks could be an alternative tool for environmental management of poultry farms.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 595-601 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Applied Engineering in Agriculture |
Volume | 29 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2013 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- 3G network
- Poultry management
- Remote monitoring
- System evaluation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Engineering