A New Internet of Things Hybrid VLC/RF System for m-Health in an Underground Mining Industry

Daniel Iturralde; Javier Guaña-Moya; Pablo Palacios Játiva; Iván Sánchez; Muhammad Ijaz; Ali Dehghan Firoozabadi; David Zabala-Blanco

doi:10.3390/s24010031

A New Internet of Things Hybrid VLC/RF System for m-Health in an Underground Mining Industry

Daniel Iturralde
, Javier Guaña-Moya^*
, Pablo Palacios Játiva
, Iván Sánchez^*
, Muhammad Ijaz
, Ali Dehghan Firoozabadi
, David Zabala-Blanco

^*Corresponding author for this work

Faculty of Engineering

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Abstract

This paper proposes a new system based on the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) for the monitoring of Mobile Health (m-Health) of workers in the underground mining industry. The proposed architecture uses a hybrid model in data transmission. Visible Light Communication (VLC) is used for downlink because of its narrow coverage, which aids in worker positioning. Radio frequency (RF) communication technology is used to send data for primary vital signs in the uplink, which is more efficient in transmission and is a viable solution according to the problem raised. The results obtained in terms of coverage and transmission for the downlink and uplink links show the feasibility of implementing the proposed system.

Original language	English
Article number	31
Journal	Sensors
Volume	24
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/s24010031
State	Published - Jan 2024

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This research was funded by ANID FONDECYT Regular (1211132), ANID PFCHA/Beca de Doctorado Nacional/2019 (21190489), SENESCYT “Convocatoria abierta 2014-primera fase, (Acta CIBAE-023-2014)”, Escuela de Informática y Telecomunicaciones, Universidad Diego Portales, Facultad de Ingeniería, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Telecommunications Engineering Degree, FICA, Universidad de Las Américas, FONDECYT iniciación No. 11230129, the Competition for Research Regular Projects, year 2021, code LPR21-02, Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana, FONDECYT No. 3190147, FONDEF IT17M10012, and FONDECYT No. 11160517.

Funders	Funder number
1211132, 21190489
Faculty of Engineering
Universidad Diego Portales
Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana	3190147
Universidad de las Américas - Ecuador
LPR21-02, 11230129
IT17M10012, 11160517
Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Keywords

IIoT
m-health
mining

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A New Internet of Things Hybrid VLC/RF System for m-Health in an Underground Mining Industry

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