APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GATHERING UNDERGROUND FACILITIES DATA

摘要

Underground facilities data gathering apparatus and method are provided. The data gathering apparatus for managing underground facilities includes a data gathering unit configured to gather measurement data measured by a measuring instrument installed in underground facilities, a wired communication unit configured to transmit the measurement data to a ground repeater through a wired communication device, a wireless communication unit configured to transmit the measurement data to the ground repeater through a wireless communication device, a power managing unit configured to select power supplied together with wired communication through the wired communication unit and power supplied from a battery, supply the selected power as main power, and change the main power to different power when the selected main power is cut off, and a controller configured to determine any one of the wired communication unit and the wireless communication unit, as a basic communication unit, control the determined basic communication unit to transmit the measurement data, change the basic communication unit to a different backup communication unit to transmit the measurement data when the basic communication unit has a communication error.