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Development of a power station unit in a distributed hybrid acquisition system of seismic and electrical methods based on the narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT)
Feng Guo
School of Geophysics and Information Technology, China University of
Geosciences Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China
School of Geophysics and Information Technology, China University of
Geosciences Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China
Shenghui Liu
School of Geophysics and Information Technology, China University of
Geosciences Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China
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Short summary
We propose a new type of power station unit with wireless data transmission capability, which was not supported by same type of instrument as on the market. Based on this, a novel distributed geophysical data acquisition architecture is also proposed. The proposed instrument loads more stations than the industry-leading LAUL-428 while providing additional wireless data transmission and narrowband Internet of Things remote control.
We propose a new type of power station unit with wireless data transmission capability, which...