Simulation of IEEE 1902.1 (RuBee) protocol for communication with buried assets

This work presents an investigation on the use of the IEEE 1902.1 (RuBee) protocol in order to communicate with buried assets. This is an important requirement in some applications, particularly in the mining industry. RuBee is a low-rate protocol, but its ability to transmit through solid material makes it the first choice for this kind of application. By means of an event-driven simulation, we evaluate the performance of RuBee in different scenarios, in which several buried tags attempt to communicate with a surface reader.