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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2018
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Truva Corporation, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Ian F. Akyildiz, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Howard K. Schmidt, Dhahran, SA;
Shih-Chun Lin, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Abdallah Awadh Al-Shehri, Atlanta, GA (US);
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Truva Corporation, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Abstract
Example computer-implemented methods, computer-readable media, and computer systems are described for providing communication protocol architecture or framework for magnetic induction (MI)-based communications in wireless underground sensor networks (WUSNs), for example, in underground oil reservoirs. In some aspects, environment information of an underground region that affects the transmission qualities of MI communications is evaluated. A protocol stack is identified. The protocol stack includes a number of layers for MI communications among a number of sensors in a WUSN in the underground region. A cross-layer framework and the distributed protocol are built to jointly optimize communication functionalities of the plurality of layers based on the evaluation.