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AGRARSENSE is a large 3-year Chips Joint Undertaking consortium project aiming to develop microelectronics, photonics and electronic packaging for agricultural use and forestry. The project will develop smart sensor and decision-making technologies in seven different use cases, e.g. in vertical farming, agricultural robotics and forestry.
Lapland University of Applied Sciences is developing a solution for creating network connectivity in forest conditions. The AGRARSENSE 5G team is building a portable ‘Remote 5G’ base station system that can be used to implement a private 5G network even in areas that have no 5G coverage from commercial operators.
In the project, the Remote 5G system enables the use of autonomous machines at the forest site. The private 5G network is used for communication between the harvester and autonomous forwarder machines. A security drone is also connected to the network. The drone will monitor the area and report on possible safety hazards detected, such as fires and unauthorized people.
AGRARSENSE – Smart, digitalized components and system for data-based agriculture and forestry
1.3.2023 – 31.12.2025
1 150 101 €
Tuomas Herranen
Lapland UAS is part of Nokia’s 5G Test Network Finland (5GTNF) collaboration hub. Nokia brand 5G base station and edge server equipment will be utilized in the project. The Remote 5G base station will be installed in a trailer built for the smart Energy Demo (SED) project. The trailer produces renewable and sustainable electricity from hydrogen and solar energy for the 5G system.