Novel mobility model for indoor conference scenarios

This paper introduces a novel mobility model for indoor conference scenarios. A multi-agent event-based simulator for evaluation of crowd behavior is used for users´ movement modelling inside a conference scenario. The radio-wave propagation calculation is performed using a 3D semi-deterministic propagation model. Based on the two inputs, it is shown that users´ behavior needs to be taken into account when designing a new wireless network. If not, some of the access points can be overloaded for most of the time, while the rest can remain idle despite the fact that they provide satisfactory coverage in the entire scenario.