MUMBAI, India, Aug. 31 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202621037074 A) filed by Bhushilp Mines And Minerals Private Limited on March 26, 2026, for Hybrid Communication System For Hazardous Mining Environments And Method Thereof.
Inventors include Abhishek Sharma; Viren Ravi Kataria; Mohit Ramesh Katre; and Rishabh Raj.
The application for the patent was published on August 28, 2026, under issue no. 35/2026.
Abstract: ABSTRACT A hybrid communication system for hazardous underground mining environments is disclosed. The system (100) comprises luminaire nodes (102) distributed along an underground tunnel, each luminaire node including an LED illumination array (110) configured to provide illumination. Each luminaire node (102) further comprises a visible light communication (VLC) modulation circuit (112) integrated with the LED illumination array, a radio frequency (RF) transmission circuit (114), and an intrinsic safety barrier circuit (124) configured to limit voltage, current, and stored electrical energy below methane ignition thresholds. An environmental sensing module (104) detects methane concentration and particulate density, and a transmission control unit (118) dynamically modifies a transmission energy envelope and coordinates VLC and RF communication modes within intrinsic safety limits. The system further includes a mesh routing module (120) enabling multi-hop communication and a localization module (122) configured to transmit optical beacon identifiers for position determination of personnel and equipment.
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