Title
Wireless access point positioning optimization
Date Issued
2019
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
conference paper
Author(s)
Federal University of Lavras
Publisher(s)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Abstract
This work presents the development of a wireless Access Point (AP) placement software that uses microwave signal propagation models. We use the Simulated Annealing metaheuristic, to improve the signal coverage according to the physical features of the architectural floor plan. In the experiments, a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) with CUDA is used to parallelize the simulations, speeding up the runtime required. It is worth noting that our software makes possible to test the provisions of APs without the operational cost of having to move them physically. It proposes a spatial arrangement of APs that provides a greater coverage with usable signal intensity within the simulated environment. Using a limited amount of APs, the test case results showed that it is possible to obtain a significant improvement in the coverage of the Wi-Fi signal by adjusting the APs positions to the metaheuristic proposed solution. In addition, our software is capable of performing simulations with an increasing number of APs if the current quantity is not enough to achieve better quality and signal coverage.
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Telecomunicaciones
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85075866625
ISBN
9789532900880
Resource of which it is part
2019 27th International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks, SoftCOM 2019
ISBN of the container
978-953290088-0
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