A Novel Mining Approach for Data Analysis and Processing Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Ali Alenezi, Ahmad Sawalmeh, Hazim Shakhatreh, Muhannad Almutiry and Nasser Aedh Alreshidi

Complexity, 2022, vol. 2022, issue 1

Abstract: In the mining industry, smart surveying and exploration operations for the minerals are essential during mining missions. Usually, these missions are performed in remote areas that do not have a wireless communications infrastructure. This paper proposes to use the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) as a relay communication node between the exploration team and the ground control station (GCs). UAV can act as a relay node to provide mobile, flexible, and reliable communication links in remote environments and complex topologies. In this work, the pathloss models in millimeter‐wave technology are considered because they provide massive data rates for line of sight scenarios. The optimization problem of identifying a 3D location and trajectory of the UAV relay node is formulated to maximize the total team members’ data rate. Because the problem is non‐convex, the particle swarm optimization algorithm is used to solve it and determine an efficient location and trajectory of the UAV.

Date: 2022
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