Wireless relay placement optimization in underground room and pillar mines
Arpan Halber, Debashish Chakravarty · Mathematical Modelling and Engineering Problems · 2018
For the implementation of real-time underground monitoring, communication and tracking, the deployment of wireless communication backbone inside underground mines has got the attention of the researchers in the recent decade.For wireless system deployment in the permanent structure of underground mines, wired communication backbones are appropriate as permanent districts serve for a longer time.However, for temporary openings where service life is for few months or weeks, communication backbone with wireless relay nodes may come out to be more economical as wireless relay nodes give flexibility with deployment, rearrangement and easy retreat.In recent literature multiple approaches of optimal relay node placements are available.However, the choice of best approach for an application is dependent on the specific requirement and constraints of that particular application site.This paper, we discuss on necessary requirements and constraints of wireless relay placement planning in an underground room and pillar mines.Considering the requirements and constraints that are discussed, an optimization approach for wireless relay placement in an underground room and pillar mines using network theory has been proposed in this paper.