Mesh wireless network for agricultural environment
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1. A network for monitoring and controlling agricultural operations, comprising:
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a router coupled to the server;
a gateway access point coupled to the router;
a plurality of remote access points coupled to the gateway access point and connected to one another in a wireless mesh; and
at least one sensor connected to a first of the plurality of remote access points and configured to provide feedback data related to an agricultural field located remotely from the server, the feedback data being provided through a wireless mesh networking specification standard,wherein the mesh networking specification standard is IEEE 802.11s,wherein at least one of the remote access points is physically connected to a first mobile control device configured to move over at least a portion of the agricultural field.
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Abstract
A network for monitoring and controlling agricultural operations employs a wireless mesh network to provide feedback related to an agricultural field located remotely from a computer system/server. In some embodiments, the wireless mesh network may employ for example, the IEEE 802.11s and 802.11n standard to communicate data from a sensor in the agricultural field to and between remote access points in the mesh network.
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1. A network for monitoring and controlling agricultural operations, comprising:
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a server; a router coupled to the server; a gateway access point coupled to the router; a plurality of remote access points coupled to the gateway access point and connected to one another in a wireless mesh; and at least one sensor connected to a first of the plurality of remote access points and configured to provide feedback data related to an agricultural field located remotely from the server, the feedback data being provided through a wireless mesh networking specification standard, wherein the mesh networking specification standard is IEEE 802.11s, wherein at least one of the remote access points is physically connected to a first mobile control device configured to move over at least a portion of the agricultural field. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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7. A network for monitoring and controlling agricultural operations, comprising:
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a server; a router coupled to the server; a gateway access point coupled to the router; a plurality of remote access points coupled to the gateway access point and connected to one another in a wireless mesh under the IEEE 802.11s standard; and at least one wireless sensor connected to a first of the plurality of remote access points and configured to provide feedback data related to an agricultural field located remotely from the server, the feedback data being provided through the wireless mesh under the IEEE 802.11s standard, wherein at least one of the remote access points is physically connected to a first mobile control device comprising GPS functionality, and at least another of the remote access points is physically connected to a second mobile control device comprising GPS functionality. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. A method, comprising:
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collecting, at a mobile control device, data relating to an agricultural field; sending the data to a server located remotely from the agricultural field via a wireless mesh network based on the IEEE 802.11s standard; receiving instructions related to an action to be taken with respect to the agricultural field via the IEEE 802.11s wireless mesh network; and performing the action in response to receiving the instructions, wherein the IEEE 802.11s wireless mesh network comprises;
the server and a plurality of remote access points operatively coupled to one another and to the server, at least one of the remote access points being physically connected to the mobile control device. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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