In the last few years, the rising interests in the field of UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) created new opportunities todevelop applications and services in several domains. Some of the most important are the smart farming and precisionagriculture domains. Thanks to the feasibility and the versatility of these systems it is possible to accomplish several jobswith the same device. In this application context, we propose a new system composed of a master smart station, someslave satellite stations and UAV fleet. It is developed on the basis of the M2M communication paradigm where devicescooperate between them in an autonomous way to perform assigned tasks. In particular, we designed a smart stationwhich is responsible for managing fleet by assigning tasks and scheduling activities. Moreover, it is also responsible formanaging satellite stations for assisting the fleet during its operations. In particular, these stations stock energy duringtheir idle state. We propose an all-in-one hardware solution based on energy harvesting approaches all implemented inthe smart stations. Moreover, they supply energy in an on-demand way to the UAV devices which are asking forrecharge during their missions. Finally, we designed a customized protocol in an M2M environment based on the MQTTframework to ensure communication between devices and to coordinate operations.
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