Building a Resilient Edge Architecture for Remote Farms with Starlink + LoRa

Source: Dev.to

The Problem: Connectivity in “Off‑the‑Grid” Agriculture

Imagine managing a 5,000‑hectare soybean farm in rural Argentina. You need:

• Real‑time monitoring – soil moisture, temperature, pest detection
• Computer vision – automated harvest‑readiness analysis
• Critical commands – irrigation control, pesticide drones
• Low latency – 600 ms latency, and 4G coverage is spotty.

Simulation Framework

To validate a hybrid solution, I built a simulation framework that models the interaction of multiple connectivity layers and edge resources.

Architecture Overview

• ✅ Starlink (LEO satellite – 20–40 ms latency)
• ✅ 4G LTE (automatic failover)
• ✅ LoRa mesh (low‑power sensor network)
• ✅ Edge computing (local processing + ML inference)
• ✅ NSE3000 integration (QoS, VLAN segmentation, SD‑WAN)