Delay-Sensitive Multi-Sensor Routing Scheduling Method for Underground IoT in Mines

Recently, there has been a growing interest in underground construction safety, during activities such as subway construction, underground mining, and tunnel excavation. While Internet of Things (IoT) sensors help to monitor these conditions, large-scale deployment is limited by high power needs and...

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Main Authors: Yinghui Zhang, Mingli Liu, Aiping Tan
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Published: MDPI AG 2025-01-01
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description Recently, there has been a growing interest in underground construction safety, during activities such as subway construction, underground mining, and tunnel excavation. While Internet of Things (IoT) sensors help to monitor these conditions, large-scale deployment is limited by high power needs and complex tunnel layouts, making real-time response a critical challenge. A delay-sensitive multi-sensor multi-base-station routing scheduling method is proposed for the IoT in underground mining. First, a mixed network topology of wireless and wired networks is formed based on the irregular distribution characteristics of multiple tunnels in the mine construction environment. Based on this topology, a multi-sensor and multi-base-station real-time routing scheduling problem is proposed, proving that the problem is NP-hard. Secondly, the corresponding solving algorithms are designed based on the greedy strategy and the heuristic strategy. Finally, an experimental platform is built, and the performance of the proposed algorithm is compared and analyzed.
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spelling doaj-art-aae210dd10b4485089ca260eef85b8162025-01-24T13:48:40ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202025-01-0125236910.3390/s25020369Delay-Sensitive Multi-Sensor Routing Scheduling Method for Underground IoT in MinesYinghui Zhang0Mingli Liu1Aiping Tan2School of Computing and Software, Chengdu Neusoft University, Chengdu 611844, ChinaSchool of Information Management and Business Administration, Chengdu Neusoft University, Chengdu 611844, ChinaSchool of Cyber Science and Engineering, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110036, ChinaRecently, there has been a growing interest in underground construction safety, during activities such as subway construction, underground mining, and tunnel excavation. While Internet of Things (IoT) sensors help to monitor these conditions, large-scale deployment is limited by high power needs and complex tunnel layouts, making real-time response a critical challenge. A delay-sensitive multi-sensor multi-base-station routing scheduling method is proposed for the IoT in underground mining. First, a mixed network topology of wireless and wired networks is formed based on the irregular distribution characteristics of multiple tunnels in the mine construction environment. Based on this topology, a multi-sensor and multi-base-station real-time routing scheduling problem is proposed, proving that the problem is NP-hard. Secondly, the corresponding solving algorithms are designed based on the greedy strategy and the heuristic strategy. Finally, an experimental platform is built, and the performance of the proposed algorithm is compared and analyzed.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/25/2/369real-time scheduledelay-sensitiveunderground mineInternet of Thingsmulti-hop routing scheduling
spellingShingle Yinghui Zhang
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Delay-Sensitive Multi-Sensor Routing Scheduling Method for Underground IoT in Mines
Sensors
real-time schedule
delay-sensitive
underground mine
Internet of Things
multi-hop routing scheduling
title Delay-Sensitive Multi-Sensor Routing Scheduling Method for Underground IoT in Mines
title_full Delay-Sensitive Multi-Sensor Routing Scheduling Method for Underground IoT in Mines
title_fullStr Delay-Sensitive Multi-Sensor Routing Scheduling Method for Underground IoT in Mines
title_full_unstemmed Delay-Sensitive Multi-Sensor Routing Scheduling Method for Underground IoT in Mines
title_short Delay-Sensitive Multi-Sensor Routing Scheduling Method for Underground IoT in Mines
title_sort delay sensitive multi sensor routing scheduling method for underground iot in mines
topic real-time schedule
delay-sensitive
underground mine
Internet of Things
multi-hop routing scheduling
url https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/25/2/369
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