Analysis of IoT-LoRa to Improve LoRa Performance for Vaname Shrimp Farming Monitoring System

Abstract

Shrimp farming requires a touch that must be right on the side of water quality; water is a fundamental factor that must be met to achieve maximum yields. Many factors affect the quality of the water, but some things cause changes in water quality caused by external and internal factors causing death in shrimp. Disease conditions in shrimp can attack at any time, coupled with external factors such as extreme climate change, and cause changes in water components such as water pH, CaMg or hardness, and other factors that cause death in shrimp. Water turbidity oxygen demand (DO) in water determines the life of shrimp. It is coupled with microorganisms that must be maintained to maintain water quality for the growth of a Vaname shrimp. This research raises the Aquaculture System, specifically in the process of intelligent monitoring of water quality in shrimp nurseries to the shrimp harvest process, especially vaname shrimp from the results of observations use three sensors connected to LoRaWAN is able to provide real-time data from pond water and transmit it to LoRa Server or Internet Server, and the realtime data can be read through a Smartphone. This research analyzes in detail the ability of LoRaWAN to send multi-sensor data and Quality of Service LoRaWAN communication at different distances. This research also discusses how the LoRa antenna design can be developed to improve the performance of LoRa as transmitting devices or Radio Frequency 920-923 MHz for sending sensor data for Aquaculture.The contribution of this research is shown in the real-time monitoring system of the water environment, namely water pH, ammonia, turbidity, DO, salinity, water temperature, and nitrate in vaname shrimp ponds. The following contribution is the development of LoRaWAN with Tago IO servers capable of being used in Smart Aquaculture for contributions to The Things Network community or LoRaWAN Community.