Mobile Edge Computing in AG Tradeshows

技术、设备和实践的创新使加拿大成为世界第五大农产品出口国。为了继续建立一个成功的，可持续的农业食品部门，加拿大农业的利益相关者必须在面对气候变化，天气模式改变和社会经济变化的不确定性时获得信息，以建立适应能力。冰川农场媒体（GFM）正在扩大他们已经广泛参与知识传播在加拿大农业行业，增加了一个功能，参与性的研究人员组成部分，他们的银在运动（AIM）贸易展和他们的农场论坛活动公约。这一参与式研究部分将在154公顷（380英亩）的活动场地上进行，称为卓越领域。AIM的扩张扩大了沟通方面的挑战。参观人数超过12，000/天，占地259公顷（640英亩）。有限的连接是由一个临时的手机信号塔和有限的无线网络提供的。GFM与萨斯喀彻温省理工学院（SaskPoly）合作开发了一个可扩展的移动的应用程序，该应用程序采用独特和创新的方式来：1）增强，鼓励和促进与会者的参与和知识转移在短期集群和2）解决连接问题。基于早期对渐进式移动的Web应用程序原型的研究（由NSERC Engage和Engage赠款），研究将继续进行创新，参与可视化，同时为当前，本地处理和云数据的集成提供框架，包括使用LoRa（远程）技术的物联网（IOT）设备的真实的时间数据。将评估缓解现场连接和带宽限制的战略，以确定解决农村带宽问题的潜力，这是农村地区采用技术的一个主要障碍。用于数据集成、处理、分析和可视化的开放式框架将被用作未来研究农业知识走廊的基础，这是另一种形式的集群。该走廊旨在集中和汇集不同的农业部门，将各项战略联系起来，以促进农业知识。匿名使用数据将被分析，以确定参与水平和与会者的重点，以评估和告知最佳实践。将分析田间试验数据的效果和长期可识别的模式和趋势，并在为期三年的研究中在农场论坛活动中展示。

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.