An Energy-Efficient Link with Adaptive Transmit Power Control for Long Range Networks

A considerable amount of research is carried out to develop a reliable smart sensor system with high energy efficiency for battery operated wireless IoT devices in the agriculture sector. However, only a limited amount of research has covered automatic transmission power adjustment schemes and algorithms which are essential for deployment of wireless IoT nodes. This paper presents an adaptive link algorithm for farm applications with emphasis on power adjustment for long range communication networks. Keywords—IoT; WSN; energy saving; transmission power adjustment; adaptive wireless links; solar power in WSN