Mining and IoT-based Vehicle Ad-hoc NETwork: Industry opportunities and innovation

In recent years, many mining companies have begun to deploy new emerging technologies to increase their productivity and reduce costs without compromising the safety of staff. The mining industry is going through an intense period of change, making mining companies' ability to innovate and improve indispensable. Emerging technologies are set to change the way miners operate over the next decade. Internet of Things (IoT) is one of them, leading the way in bringing about positive change in the mining industry. This work is in line with IoT-based mobile Ad Hoc networks for mobile vehicles, commonly referred to as VANET (Vehicle Ad-hoc NETwork). VANET communication has recently become an increasingly popular research topic in the area of wireless networking as well as the automobile industries. A routing protocol based on ant colony optimization metaheuristic is proposed. Modeling of this protocol was adopted in a mining environment and then implemented by simulation using OPNET Modeler. The performance of the proposed routing protocol is compared with other well-known routing protocol used in ad-hoc networks. (C) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Mining companies are utilizing emerging technologies like IoT to enhance productivity and reduce costs while maintaining safety. The industry is going through significant changes, emphasizing innovation and improvement in mining operations. Emerging technologies, such as IoT and VANET, are set to revolutionize the way miners work in the next decade.