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Buoy Status Monitoring with LoRa

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Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics Functional Applications - Remote Monitoring & Control Systems Networks & Connectivity - LoRa Sensors - GPS
Applicable Industries	Cities & Municipalities
Applicable Functions	Business Operation
Use Cases	Track & Trace of Assets
Challenge	The Netherlands are well-known for their inland waterways, canals, sluices and of course port activities. The Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure indicates that there are thousands of buoys and fixed items in and near water environments that would profit from IoT monitoring. One of the problems with buoys for example, is that they get hit by ships and the anchor cable breaks. Without connectivity, it takes quite some time to find out that something has happened with that buoy. Not to mention the costs of renting a boat to go to the buoy to fix it. Another important issue, is that there is no real-time monitoring of the buoys at this moment. Only by physically visiting the object on the water, one gains insight in its status. Read More
About Customer	As a result, the battery level of the sensor, the map-based GPS-localisation, the tilt status and a possible collision of each buoy can now be monitored remotely at any moment and from any location on a private AKURU dashboard. Moreover, alarm notificatio Read More
Customer Name	The Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure Read More
Solution	The Ministry of Infrastructure was specifically looking for an easy-to-deploy solution to gain insight in the status, movements and possible damages of the buoys with the aim to control them more effectively and efficiently. In other words: transforming each buoy into a Smart Asset without any programming needed. By effortlessly integrating water resistant battery powered LoRa sensors that communicate sensor data to the public LoRa network, combined with the AKURU Cloud Platform and specific algorithms, extremely valuable insights of the condition of the buoys are provided to the Ministry of Infrastructure. Read More Log in to view content
Data Collected	Alarms For Automated Applications, Asset Location, Battery Charge Level, GPS Tracking, Collision Status Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics

Functional Applications - Remote Monitoring & Control Systems

Networks & Connectivity - LoRa

Sensors - GPS

Applicable Industries

Cities & Municipalities

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Use Cases

Track & Trace of Assets

Challenge

The Netherlands are well-known for their inland waterways, canals, sluices and of course port activities. The Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure indicates that there are thousands of buoys and fixed items in and near water environments that would profit from IoT monitoring. One of the problems with buoys for example, is that they get hit by ships and the anchor cable breaks. Without connectivity, it takes quite some time to find out that something has happened with that buoy. Not to mention the costs of renting a boat to go to the buoy to fix it. Another important issue, is that there is no real-time monitoring of the buoys at this moment. Only by physically visiting the object on the water, one gains insight in its status.

About Customer

As a result, the battery level of the sensor, the map-based GPS-localisation, the tilt status and a possible collision of each buoy can now be monitored remotely at any moment and from any location on a private AKURU dashboard. Moreover, alarm notificatio

Customer Name

The Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure

Solution

The Ministry of Infrastructure was specifically looking for an easy-to-deploy solution to gain insight in the status, movements and possible damages of the buoys with the aim to control them more effectively and efficiently. In other words: transforming each buoy into a Smart Asset without any programming needed. By effortlessly integrating water resistant battery powered LoRa sensors that communicate sensor data to the public LoRa network, combined with the AKURU Cloud Platform and specific algorithms, extremely valuable insights of the condition of the buoys are provided to the Ministry of Infrastructure.

Data Collected

Alarms For Automated Applications, Asset Location, Battery Charge Level, GPS Tracking, Collision Status

Impact #1	[Process Optimization - Real Time Monitoring] The battery level of the sensor, the map-based GPS-localisation, the tilt status and a possible collision of each buoy can now be monitored remotely.
Impact #2	[Process Optimization - Remote Control] The status of thousands of buoys can be monitored remotely without having to visit each buoy or item on the water for controlling their condition.

Impact #1

[Process Optimization - Real Time Monitoring]
The battery level of the sensor, the map-based GPS-localisation, the tilt status and a possible collision of each buoy can now be monitored remotely.

Impact #2

[Process Optimization - Remote Control]
The status of thousands of buoys can be monitored remotely without having to visit each buoy or item on the water for controlling their condition.

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Buoy Status Monitoring with LoRa

Operational Impact