IV. SERVICE SCENARIO USING THE CONNECTED FARM
Our service scenario can be described as follows:
1) All IoT devices including sensors and controllers have to be connected with the &Cube, and then the &Cube could register them into the Mobius through the REST APIs.
2) A farm knowledge base (like IBM Watson) will be able to be built, which aims at providing farm knowledge on behalf of experts (i.e., experienced farmers) by sharing the optimal growth conditions for diverse crops and plants. Thus, the knowledge base will provide rich guidance for farmers to control their connected farm effectively and efficiently.
3) After all IoT devices are successfully registered into the Mobius, farmers can remotely monitor and control the IoT devices to make their connected farm appropriate for their crops and plants. For example, if the soil moisture sensor uploads a particular value less than a threshold suggested by the knowledge base, farmer receives an alert message, and triggers the irrigation system immediately.
4) Farmers can create their own connected farm control policy, which will automate the monitoring and control procedure we described above.
5) Finally, farmers can share their knowledge and experience for growing their crops and plants to make the farm knowledge base smarter.