Use-Case-Oriented Evaluation of Wireless Communication Technologies for Advanced Underground Mining Operations
Sensors, vol. 23, pp. 3537
Abstract
This work aims to give an overview of wireless communication technologies (WCT) for underground applications. Difficulties regarding the harsh mining environment and operational constraints for WCT implementation and use are discussed. Selected technologies are then classified regarding underground mining-specific use cases in advanced mining operations. Use-case-based application categories such as 'automation and teleoperation', 'tracking and tracing' and 'Long-Range Underground Monitoring (LUM)' are defined. The use cases determine requirements for the operational suitability and also quantify evaluation criteria for the evaluation of WCT. The result is a comparison by category of the wireless technologies, which underlines potentials of different technologies for defined use cases, but it can be concluded that the technology always has to be evaluated within the use case and operational constraints.
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Institute for Advanced Mining Technologies (AMT), RWTH Aachen University, 52062 Aachen, Germany
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Affiliation as printed
Institute for Advanced Mining Technologies (AMT), RWTH Aachen University, 52062 Aachen, Germany
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Affiliation as printed
Institute for Advanced Mining Technologies (AMT), RWTH Aachen University, 52062 Aachen, Germany
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Affiliation as printed
Institute for Advanced Mining Technologies (AMT), RWTH Aachen University, 52062 Aachen, Germany
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