Mechanisms of ensuring the accuracy and reliability of data transmission over a radio channel using relay technology and their implementation on transceivers with LoRa modulation

Abstract

The article is devoted to a detailed description of the algorithms of the operation of the relay-race data transmission system over a radio channel, which ensure high reliability of transporting the results of monitoring the operation of extended objects to the central control panel. The feature of the system is operation at a low power level of transmitters, energy efficiency, which ensures a long-term operation without maintenance, the ability to replace failed elements quickly without stopping the entire system, mobility — quick installation and start-up of the system. Energy efficiency and operation of the radio channel with a low transmitter power level is ensured by the use of SX 1276 (LoRa) transceivers. The accuracy and reliability of data transmission is ensured by original algorithms, which are described in the paper. In the relay data transmission system, it is possible to use up to 255 relay nodes with their installation at a distance of up to 4 km from each other. Two options of building a system with relay-race transmission have been developed: a system with a simple handover, a system with transmission «Through one». The second option provides more reliable data transfer and higher probability of uptime. With the number of relay nodes equal to 50, the probability of failure-free operation of a simple system is 0.268, and for the system with «Through one» transmission is 0.985.