Multiple access protocol for an underground wireless communication network

Author

Yin, Zhong Jun ; Chung, Kah-Seng

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Curtin Univ. of Technol., Perth, WA, Australia

Volume

2

fYear

1998

fDate

18-21 May 1998

Firstpage

1528

Abstract

The MINECOM system, a versatile microcellular mobile communications network specifically designed for underground mining, is aimed at providing reliable communications for multiple channels of two-way voice, monitoring data, control signals, and eventually compressed digital video. This paper studies the multiple access technique adopted in the MINECOM network. The performance of the MINECOM protocol is analyzed in terms of throughput and average message delay by the EPA (equilibrium point analysis) method

Keywords

access protocols; delays; microcellular radio; mining; monitoring; multi-access systems; radio networks; voice communication; EPA method; MINECOM system; average message delay; compressed digital video; control signals; microcellular mobile communications network; monitoring data; multiple access protocol; multiple channels; performance; reliable communications; throughput; two-way voice; underground mining; underground wireless communication network; Access protocols; Communication system control; Control systems; Mobile communication; Monitoring; Performance analysis; Signal design; Telecommunication network reliability; Video compression; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 1998. VTC 98. 48th IEEE

Conference_Location

Ottawa, Ont.

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4320-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETEC.1998.686544

Filename

686544