| dc.description.abstract | The forest coverage over 30% of the Earth's land
surface assist to balance the water cycle as well as the natural
conversion of O2 and CO2, which aids in organism
respiration. Therefore, various research and studies have
been paid attention to prevention of deforestation.
Deforestation is mostly caused by forest fires, which can occur
naturally or as a result of human negligence. Since a forest
fire can be started by a single lightning strike, preventing
them before they start is deemed impossible. However,
early discovery and response can lower the frequency of
occurrence. The study proposes a Wireless Sensor Network
with smart sensor concept, which uses radio frequency
communication as the communication technique and
allows sensor nodes to connect with each other to verify the
status of their neighbors. The base station or master node of
the sensor network, which is located outside the forest
cover, has been used to send out alerts using GSM
technology. The communication network was built up with
the help of HC-12 and NRF 24L01+ radio frequency
transceivers, and the DHT-
11 temperature and humidity sensor were utilized for
detection. The accuracy was tested through a different
testing strategy with a prototype of a distributed single sink
wireless sensor network, and the results were evaluated.
A comprehensive system with more components can be
developed to expand the sensor network to cover a large
forest area. | en_US |
