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The experience in deploying and maintaining a wireless sensor network in a vineyard is presented in this chapter. The first problem to be solved is the lack of propagation models for radio propagation in vegetation environments when applying a peer to peer network design. So, the first task was to carry out measurement campaign that allows the definition of propagation models. Once the model is defined, the distances between adjacent networks could be estimated and then the network could be planned. Different problems appeared after deploying the network, and some of them are reported and analysed in the chapter. Finally some sensor data are presented as well.
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Gay-Fernandez, J.A., Cuiñas, I. (2012). Experience in Deploying a Wireless Sensor Network in a Vineyard. In: Obaidat, M.S., Sevillano, J.L., Filipe, J. (eds) E-Business and Telecommunications. ICETE 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 314. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35755-8_33
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