Energy-Efficient Resource Allocation Algorithm for CR-WSN-Based Smart Irrigation System under Realistic Scenarios

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

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Moderate editing of the English language is necessary. The interpretation of methods and results needs extensive improvements.

Author Response

First, we thank the editor and the reviewers, for their positive comments and suggestions provided during the review of our manuscript. This submission is a revised version of agriculture-2363611, which has considered all the comments and suggestions from the editor and the reviewers. We hope that the editor and the reviewers will be satisfied with the revised manuscript. In the attached, please kindly find a point-to-point response to all raised comments.

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Reviewer 2 Report

This paper presents a CR-WSN method for being applied in irrigation systems. 

CR is a concept that has been developed some years ago. The main reason to implement CR in a wireless communication system is because of spectrum scarcity. A problem that is or will be in urban environments, is due to the quantity of transmission in small areas. 

 

In this case, the author tries to apply CR in a rural environment. Rural environments are those places that until now report a very low spectrum occupancy. Thus, the algorithm and the proposal look interesting but this work should be submitted in a journal paper related to Wireless Communications or Electronics, and not in a Journal about Agriculture. 

 

 

 

Author Response

First, we thank the editor and the reviewers, for their positive comments and suggestions provided during the review of our manuscript. This submission is a revised version of agriculture-2363611, which has considered all the comments and suggestions from the editor and the reviewers. We hope that the editor and the reviewers will be satisfied with the revised manuscript. In the attached, please kindly find a point-to-point response to all raised comments.

Author Response File: Author Response.docx

Reviewer 3 Report

I find the related work section rather small. I recommend expanding it so it reaches at least more than 600 words.

In Figure 1, there seems to be a text that has been cut under the mobile phone on the left.

The legend in Figure 6 seems to be wrong.

 

Also, there are 6 references from the author. I recommend reducing them.

In line 27, you use the term sensors to describe both the device that integrates the sensors and the sensors themselves, resulting in the phrase: “The sensors are equipped with a range of sensors, such as…”. I recommend using another term such as sensor device to avoid any confusions. For example, “The sensor devices are equipped with a range of sensors, such as…”.

Author Response

First, we thank the editor and the reviewers, for their positive comments and suggestions provided during the review of our manuscript. This submission is a revised version of agriculture-2363611, which has considered all the comments and suggestions from the editor and the reviewers. We hope that the editor and the reviewers will be satisfied with the revised manuscript. In the attached, please kindly find a point-to-point response to all raised comments.

Author Response File: Author Response.docx

Round 2

Reviewer 2 Report

Good work

Reviewer 3 Report

All my concerns were addressed.