Optimal device placement planning for wireless building automation systems

For an optimal function of wireless building automation systems, optimal placement of wireless automation devices is essential. Due to the existence of a large number of communication partner devices and varying network topologies, optimal placement of wireless devices becomes a very complex problem particularly, if it is considered in indoor environments, where radio propagation properties deviate by large from ideal conditions. In this paper, we propose approaches for graphical device zone assignment, a generic radio propagation simulator interface and a problem-specific adaptation of optimization algorithms that can obtain multiple trade-off solutions.