On performance study of TWR UWB ranging in underground mine

Abstract

This paper evaluated the performance of ultrawide band (UWB) technology for underground localization. As UWB is featured up with several advantages, this performance analysis can be exploited for designing a better adaptive communication system in harsh environments like underground mine. Besides, we have used two way ranging (TWR) technique with UWB for ranging. To this end, we have performed measurements using TWR UWB mechanism in underground mine and compared the distances with reference distance. The results were promising for UWB technology in the underground mine along with shows the effectivity with TWR ranging technique in harsh environment.