The study of wireless channel behavior has been an active research topic for many years. However, there exists a noticeable scarcity of studies focusing on wireless channel characteristics in rural areas. With the advancement of smart agriculture practices in rural regions, there has been an increasing demand for affordable, high-capacity, and low-latency wireless networks to support various precision agriculture applications such as plant phenotyping, livestock health monitoring, and agriculture automation. To address this research gap, we conducted a channel measurement study on multiple wireless frequency bands at various crop and livestock farms near Ames, Iowa, based on Iowa State University~(ISU)'s ARA Wireless Living lab - one of the NSF PAWR platforms. We specifically investigate the impact of weather conditions, humidity, temperature, and farm buildings on wireless channel behavior. The resulting measurement dataset, which will soon be made publicly accessible, represents a valuable resource for researchers interested in wireless channel prediction and optimization.

翻译：无线信道行为的研究多年来一直是一个活跃的研究课题。然而，针对农村地区无线信道特性的研究明显不足。随着农村地区智慧农业实践的推进，对低成本、大容量、低延迟无线网络的需求日益增长，以支持各种精准农业应用，如植物表型分析、牲畜健康监测和农业自动化。为填补这一研究空白，我们基于爱荷华州立大学（ISU）的ARA无线生活实验室（美国国家科学基金会PAWR平台之一），在爱荷华州艾姆斯附近的多处作物和畜牧农场开展了多个无线频段的信道测量研究。我们重点调查了天气条件、湿度、温度和农场建筑对无线信道行为的影响。所获得的测量数据集即将公开，将为从事无线信道预测与优化的研究人员提供宝贵的资源。