Hogthrob: towards a sensor network infrastructure for sow monitoring (wireless sensor network special day)

  • Authors:
  • P. Bonnet;M. Leopold;K. Madsen

  • Affiliations:
  • Copenhagen U, DK;Copenhagen U, DK;Copenhagen U, DK

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the conference on Design, automation and test in Europe: Proceedings
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

We aim at developing a next-generation system for sow monitoring. Today, farmers use RFID based solutions with an ear tag on the sows and a reader located inside the feeding station. This does not allow the farmers to locate a sow in a large pen, or to monitor the life cycle of the sow (detect heat period, detect injury...). Our goal is to explore the design of a sensor network that supports such functionalities and meets the constraints of this industry in terms of price, energy consumption and availability.