Development of LoRa-based Real-time Truck Location Monitoring and Production Management System for Open-pit Mines

Yeanjae Kim; Sanha Choi; Yosoon Choi

doi:10.32390/ksmer.2025.62.4.375

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Development of LoRa-based Real-time Truck Location Monitoring and Production Management System for Open-pit Mines LoRa 기반 노천광산 실시간 트럭 위치 모니터링 및 생산관리 시스템 개발

31 August 2025. pp. 375-383

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Abstract

Recently, various wireless sensor network technologies have been proposed to enable long-range communication for Internet of Things (IoT) sensors, including LoRa, which is a wireless communication technology that stably transmits data over several kilometers using low power. In this study, a real-time truck location monitoring and production management application was developed using a LoRa-based IoT system at a communication-limited open-pit mining site. The experimental site was an open-pit tin mine in Mongolia where six dump trucks were equipped with LoRa-based IoT modules. The GPS and beacon data collected from the trucks were transmitted in real time to a central node installed at a high-altitude crushing site, uploaded to a cloud server, and processed by the application. The developed application visualizes real-time truck locations on a map, logs the data, and provides functionality for production management. The proposed system provides a low-cost and efficient solution for smart mining.

Keywords

LoRa-based monitoring system

smart mining

real-time truck tracking

production management

최근 IoT 센서에 장거리 통신을 제공하기 위한 다양한 무선 센서 네트워크 기술이 제안되고 있으며, 이 중 LoRa는 저전력으로 수 킬로미터에 걸쳐 데이터를 안정적으로 전송할 수 있는 무선통신 시스템이다. 본 연구에서는 통신 인프라가 열악한 노천광산 환경에서 LoRa 기반 IoT 시스템을 활용하여 트럭의 실시간 위치를 모니터링하고, 이를 분석하여 생산관리에 활용할 수 있는 애플리케이션을 개발하였다. 실증 연구는 몽골의 주석 노천광산에서 수행되었으며, 총 6대의 덤프트럭에 IoT 장치를 설치하여 GPS 및 비콘 데이터를 실시간으로 수집하였다. 수집된 데이터는 고지대 파쇄장에 설치된 중앙 노드를 통해 송신되었고, 클라우드 서버로 업로드되어 애플리케이션에서 처리되었다. 개발된 생산관리 애플리케이션은 지도 기반의 실시간 위치 시각화, 로그 형태의 데이터 저장, 생산 정보 분석 기능을 포함하고 있으며, 본 시스템은 스마트 마이닝을 위한 저비용·고효율 솔루션으로서 광산 작업의 운영 효율성 향상에 기여할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

키워드

LoRa 기반 모니터링 시스템

스마트 마이닝

실시간 트럭 위치 추적

생산관리

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Publisher :The Korean Society of Mineral and Energy Resources Engineers
Publisher(Ko) :한국자원공학회
Journal Title :Journal of the Korean Society of Mineral and Energy Resources Engineers
Journal Title(Ko) :한국자원공학회지
Volume : 62
No :4
Pages :375-383
Received Date : 2025-06-05
Revised Date : 2025-06-30
Accepted Date : 2025-07-03
DOI :https://doi.org/10.32390/ksmer.2025.62.4.375

Journal of the Korean Society of Mineral and Energy Resources Engineers ISSN:2288-0291(Print) 2288-2790(Online) 한국자원공학회지

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