Mobile Edge Computing in AG Tradeshows

AG 展会上的移动边缘计算

• 批准号: 548369-2019
• 负责人: Blum, SusanSC
• 金额: $ 5.46万
• 依托单位: Saskatchewan Polytechnic
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 2
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2022-01-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=755285
• 关键词: Mobile; Edge; Computing; AG; Tradeshows

Innovations in technology, equipment, and practices have led Canada to be the world's fifth-largest exporter of agri-food products. To keep building a successful, sustainable Agri-food sector, stakeholders in Canadian agriculture must have information to build resilience when facing the uncertainties of climate change, altered weather patterns, and socio-economic shifts. Glacier FarmMedia (GFM) is expanding their already extensive involvement in knowledge dissemination in the Canadian agriculture industry by adding a functional, participatory researcher component to their Ag in Motion (AIM) trade show and their Farm Forum Event convention. This participatory research component will take place on 154 hectares (380 acres) of their event site called the Field of Excellence. AIM's expansion magnifies the communication challenge. Attendance exceeds 12,000/d across 259 hectares (640 acres). Limited connectivity is provided by a temporary cell tower and limited WIFI onsite. GFM has partnered with Saskatchewan Polytechnic (SaskPoly) to develop a scalable mobile application that employs unique and innovative ways to: 1) enhance, encourage, and promote attendee participation and knowledge transfer in the short-lived cluster and 2) address connectivity issues. Building on earlier research into a progressive mobile web application prototype (supported by NSERC Engage and Engage Plus grants), research will continue on innovative, engaging visualization while providing a framework for the integration of the current, locally-processed and cloud data including real time data from Internet of Things (IOT) devices using LoRa (Long Range) technologies. Strategies to mitigate the connectivity and bandwidth limitations on site will be evaluated for potential to address rural bandwidth issues, a key barrier to technology adoption in rural areas. The open framework for integration, processing, analysis, and visualization of data will be used as a basis for future research into an agriculture knowledge corridor which is yet another form of cluster. The corridor is meant to concentrate and bring together different agricultural sectors to link strategies in an effort to promote agricultural knowledge. Anonymous usage data will be analyzed to determine participation levels and attendee focus, to evaluate and inform best practices. Field trial data will be analyzed for effect and long term identifiable patterns and trends to be presented at the Farm Forum Event over the three-year study.

技术，设备和实践的创新导致加拿大成为全球第五大农业产品的出口商。为了继续建立成功，可持续的农业食品行业，加拿大农业的利益相关者必须具有信息，以在面对气候变化，天气模式改变和社会经济转变的不确定性时建立韧性。 Glacier Farmmedia（GFM）通过将功能性的，参与性的研究人员组成的成分添加到其AG In Motion（AIM）贸易展览会及其农场论坛活动大会中，扩大了他们已经广泛参与加拿大农业行业的知识传播的参与。该参与性研究组成部分将在其活动网站的154公顷（380英亩）上进行，称为“卓越领域”。 AIM的扩展扩大了沟通挑战。出勤率超过259公顷（640英亩）的12,000/d。有限的连通性由临时的电池塔和有限的WiFi现场提供。 GFM已与萨斯喀彻温省理工学院（Saskpoly）合作开发了可扩展的移动应用程序，该应用程序采用独特而创新的方式来：1）增强，鼓励和促进与会者的参与和知识转移，以短暂的群集和知识转移，并解决连接问题。基于对渐进移动Web应用程序原型的早期研究（在NSERC参与和参与加赠款的支持下），研究将继续进行创新，引人入胜的可视化，同时为当前，本地处理和云数据集成，包括使用Lora（IoT）设备的实时数据（包括Lora（Lora（LONG））技术的实时数据，以实现框架。将评估减轻现场连接性和带宽限制的策略，以解决农村带宽问题的潜力，这是农村地区技术采用的关键障碍。数据集成，处理，分析和可视化数据的开放框架将被用作对农业知识走廊的未来研究的基础，这是群集的另一种形式。该走廊旨在集中精力并汇集不同的农业部门，以将战略联系起来，以促进农业知识。将分析匿名用法数据，以确定参与水平和参与者的重点，以评估和告知最佳实践。现场试验数据将在为期三年的研究中分析效果和长期可识别的模式和趋势。