期刊名称：International Journal of Advances in Engineering and Management
电子版ISSN：2395-5252
出版年度：2020
卷号：2
期号：6
页码：395-402
DOI：10.35629/5252-0206296299
语种：English
出版社：IJAEM JOURNAL
摘要：The importance of Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) and Global Positioning System (GPS) in today's technologically driven life cannot be over emphasized, given it rapid enhancement in data transferring technique as well as having a wide range of application in environmental monitoring , intelligent traffic system geometrics. This work developed an animal tracking system using GPS and WSN to proffer solution to the challenge of cattle rustling that has bedeviled the country. The ‘heartbeat’ of this work is the sensors attached to the animals (nodes) in the herd, it monitors the distance between the nodes. The master node, relays information (GPS coordinates of the animals) of the nodes on the field to the user node which is somewhere farther from the field using GSM (Global System for Mobile Communication). The master node transmit this information to the base station when queried or when a preset conditions are violated. The nodes require power to transmit data to the base station. Dry cell and a mini photovoltaic system (PV) supply the power making it possible to access available information about the herd location from the base station at all-time. In this manner, the herd is protected. A modular approach was used in this work. Each module was individually developed and later coupled together to realize a functional prototype.
关键词：Global Positioning System;Wireless Sensor Network;Animal tracking;sensor nodes;Dry cell;Photovoltaic system
