Design and Implementation of Wireless Sensor Network for Detecting Elephants to Agriculture Areas

Abstract

Encroachment of elephants to agriculture areas causes dangers to people who live in nearly conserved forest areas. And inappropriate protecting approaches may injure and kill elephants. This paper proposes an alarm system for detecting elephant to agriculture areas based on an embedded technology with ZigBee wireless communication and photoelectric beam sensors. Test results indicate that the proposed system can operate properly within range of 250 meters. This could reduce the constructing cost more than 10 times compared to the conventional approach. The technology could secure elephants and conveniently applied to broader areas.