Research on gateway deployment of WMN based on maximum coupling subgraph and PSO algorithm

The maximum distance from the access points to the nearest gateways determines the network time delay, and has an important effect on network performance in wireless mesh networks. Motivated by the gateway deployment problem, this study is focused on optimizing the gateway deployment by minimizing the maximum distance. This is done by first improving upon theorems so that the plane can be divided into several intersecting regions; vertices locate in the same region are equivalent and can connect the same access points; the coordinates of the regions can also be determined. Then, maximum coupling subgraph is used in order to recognize the maximum intersecting regions; meanwhile, the coordinates are calculated by representative points. Lastly, an RPSO algorithm is designed in which representative points are taken as the initial particles to search the optimal gateway deployment. The simulation results demonstrate that the optimal gateway deployment, as determined by the RPSO algorithm process, has a smaller coverage radius, a more stable result and a faster convergence rate as compared to other algorithms.

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