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ANIMAL-HERD MANAGEMENT USING DISTRIBUTED SENSOR NETWORKS

  • US 20070044732A1
  • Filed: 08/29/2006
  • Published: 03/01/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for monitoring a herd of animals, the system comprising:

  • a plurality of sensors, each of the sensors being attached to one of the animals and being in peer-to-peer communication with another of the sensors to define a dynamically networked arrangement of sensors;

    a base station in communication with at least one of the sensors to access the dynamically networked arrangement of sensors; and

    a central system in communication with the base station and having programming instructions to monitor a position of the herd with data collected by the sensors.

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