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Environment-aware cross-layer communication protocol in underground oil reservoirs

  • US 10,117,042 B2
  • Filed: 12/06/2016
  • Issued: 10/30/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • identifying, by each of a plurality of sensors in a wireless underground sensor network (WUSN) in an underground region, a plurality of environment-dependent parameters measured by the plurality of sensors;

    identifying, by each of the plurality of sensors, respective communication functions for a plurality of layers of a protocol stack for magnetic induction (MI) communications among the plurality of sensors in the WUSN in the underground region;

    identifying, by each of the plurality of sensors, an optimization problem for jointly optimizing the respective communication functions of the plurality of layers of the protocol stack based on the plurality of environment-dependent parameters, the optimization problem including a plurality of transmission parameters defining the respective communication functions of the plurality of layers of the protocol stack;

    determining, by each of the plurality of sensors, the plurality of transmission parameters by solving the optimization problem; and

    transmitting, by each of the plurality of sensors based on magnetic induction, signals using the plurality of transmission parameters defining the respective communication functions of the plurality of layers of the protocol stack.

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