Optimized Cluster-Based Dynamic Energy-Aware Routing Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks in Agriculture Precision

Table 3

Comparison table.

S#	Agriculture precision system references	Applications	Overhead	Coverage area	Energy consumption reduction	Network lifetime	Scalability	Limitation
1	[45]	Greenhouse	Moderate	50 m	Moderate	Limited	Moderate	Time consuming, synchronization accuracy
2	[46]	Agriculture	High	150 m	Not considered	Moderate	Not considered	Not feasible for other quality of services parameters
3	[47]	Crop farming	Moderate	180 m	20 times more compared to traditional systems without CH	Limited	Not considered	Not reliable communication beyond 80 m
4	[44]	Tree monitoring	High	180 m	High	Limited	Not considered	Its solar system has irregularity on different aspects
5	[48]	Precision agriculture	Moderate	40 m	High	Limited	Not considered	System is more complex and leads to predefined path issues
6	[43]	Forest monitoring	High	672 m	High	Moderate	Not considered	Packet loss, energy consumption
7	Proposed system (GCEEC)	Precision agriculture	Low	200 m	Low	Long	Considered	Fixed for agriculture precision only