A professor in Ryerson University’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is designing and developing highly reliable underground wireless communication systems that will ensure miners’ safety before and after disasters. To deal with the harsh environment and changing topology of a mine, researcher Xavier Fernando’s solution to bringing signals underground is transmitting radio signals over optical fibres. This technology, called ROF for short, provides enough bandwidth to handle and maintain signals underground. What’s more, optical fibres are readily available and are unaffected by the electromagnetic interference or radiation commonly emitted by mining equipment.Read more from Physorg.
Technology Could Enable Wireless Underground Communication
