Internet of flora things (IoFT)
A system for collecting information through a plant includes a first remote detecting device attached to a first portion of the plant and configured to transmit a given signal directly through the plant; the plant, which constitutes a communication channel; a second remote detecting device attached to a second portion of the plant, which is different from the first portion, and configured to receive a signal indicative of the transmitted given signal; and a sink node that communicates with the second remote detecting device.
1. A system for collecting information through a plant, the system comprising:
a first remote detecting device attached to a first portion of the plant and configured to transmit a given signal directly through the plant;
the plant, which constitutes a communication channel;
a second remote detecting device attached to a second portion of the plant, which is different from the first portion, and configured to receive a signal indicative of the transmitted given signal; and
a sink node that communicates with the second remote detecting device.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first remote detecting device is a transmitter and the second remote detecting device is a receiver.
3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the transmitter and the receiver use binary phase shift keying to encode the given signal.
4. The system of claim 2 , wherein the transmitter and the receiver use quadrature phase shift keying to encode the given signal.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first remote detecting device includes a sensor for measuring a parameter associated with the plant, and the given signal is related to the parameter.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein each of the first and second remote detecting devices includes an electrode that is connected to the plant, and the corresponding electrode is placed directly in contact with a vascular tissue of the plant.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein each of the first and second remote detecting devices includes an electrode that is connected to the plant, and the corresponding electrode is placed directly in contact with a cortex of the plant.
8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first portion is a leaf of the plant and the second portion is a root of the plant.
9. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
additional first remote detecting devices connected to different leaves of the plant.
10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first remote detecting device communicates with the second remote detecting device exclusively through the first and second portions of the plant.
11. A system for determining a health of plant, the system comprising:
plural transmitters attached to various first portions of the plant and each configured to transmit a given signal directly through the plant;
the plant, which constitutes plural communication channels;
a receiver attached to a second portion of the plant, which is different from the first portions, and configured to receive corresponding signals indicative of the transmitted given signals;
a processing device that communicates with the receiver and processes the corresponding signals to generate a health report of the plant; and
a display that displays the health report of the plant.
12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the transmitters and the receiver use binary phase shift keying to encode the given signal.
13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the transmitters and the receiver use quadrature phase shift keying to encode the given signal.
14. The system of claim 11 , wherein each of the first transmitters includes a sensor for measuring a parameter associated with the plant, and the given signal is related to the parameter.
15. The system of claim 11 , wherein each of the transmitters and the receiver includes an electrode that is connected to the plant, and the corresponding electrode is placed directly in contact with a vascular tissue of the plant.
16. The system of claim 11 , wherein each of the transmitters and the receiver includes an electrode that is connected to the plant, and the corresponding electrode is placed directly in contact with a cortex of the plant.
17. The system of claim 11 , wherein the first portions are plural leaves of the plant and the second portion is a root of the plant.
18. A method for determining a health of a plant, the method comprising:
sending into the plant plural given signals from plural transmitters attached to various first portions of the plant;
receiving at a receiver, attached to a second portion of the plant, which is different from the first portions, corresponding signals indicative of the transmitted given signals;
transferring to a processing device, which communicates with the receiver, the corresponding signals;
processing at the processing device the corresponding signals to generate a health report of the plant; and
displaying on a display the health report of the plant.
19. The method of claim 18 , further comprising:
encoding the plural given signals before sending them to the plant.
20. The method of claim 18 , further comprising:
attaching an electrode of each of the plural transmitters and the receiver to the plant, and the corresponding electrode is placed directly in contact with a vascular tissue of the plant or with a cortex of the plant,
wherein the first portions are plural leaves of the plant and the second portion is a root of the plant.