P39 - Adaptive 5G Gateway for Smart Livestock Monitoring
- Event
- iCCC2026 - iCampus Cottbus Conference
2026-05-05 - 2026-05-07
Cottbus - Band
- Poster
- Chapter
- Kommunikation
- Author(s)
- N. P. Doe, H. Zagariasl, C. Herglotz - BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, Cottbus
- Pages
- 276 - 279
- DOI
- 10.5162/iCCC2026/P39
- ISBN
- 978-3-910600-10-2
- Price
- free
Abstract
Internet of Things (IoT) systems in smart livestock farming requires resilient real-time or periodic monitoring of animal welfare and farm productivity. This paper presents an implementation of a 5G gateway (Raspberry Pi 5 and Quectel RM₅₂₀N-GL) that bridges the farm-based anchor sensor mesh network to a cloud server, ensuring reliable cattle health data (pH, temperature, motion) transmission across varying network conditions. The proposed solution features an automatic network detection and adaptation between 5G Standalone (SA), 5G Non-Standalone (NSA), 4G (LTE), and Wi-Fi, a dual layer buffer management with Random Access Memory (RAM) and SQLite storage to ensure no data loss during network outages, and a priority-based message handling for critical health alerts. Comprehensive test results reveal mean latencies of 38.5ms (5G-NSA, 95th percentile: 44.9ms), 34.7ms (4G LTE, P₉₅: 40.0ms), and 24.0ms (Wi-Fi, P₉₅: 26.4ms), all with zero message loss. The gateway maintained stable operation across 47 dB signal range (-65 to -112 dBm), including private 5G-SA infrastructure during our multi-environment testing.