A PSO-based wireless network virtual mapping algorithm in smart grid

To meet different communication requirements, a smart grid communication framework based on a hybrid network has been widely used. Virtual networks are established for various types of services respectively, and are embedded into heterogeneous substrate networks. Based on the framework, wireless network virtual mapping algorithm based on particle swarm optimization is proposed. In this scheme, the throughput is considered as fitness function, and parameters and operations of the particles are redefined. At last, comparing to basic heuristic algorithms, the proposed algorithm can perform better in term of throughput while satisfying the reliability of real time services.