Coverage in WLAN with Minimum Number of Access Points

Author

Kouhbor, S. ; Ugon, J. ; Rubinov, A. ; Kruger, A. ; Mammadov, M.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Inf. Technol. & Math. Sci., Ballarat Univ., Vic.

Volume

3

fYear

2006

fDate

7-10 May 2006

Firstpage

1166

Lastpage

1170

Abstract

When designing wireless communication systems, it is very important to know the optimum numbers and locations for the access points (APs). The impact of incorrect placement of APs is significant. Placing too many access points increases the cost of deployment and interference, while placing too few access points can lead to coverage gaps. In this paper we describe a novel mathematical model developed to find the optimal number of APs and their locations in an environment that includes obstacles. To solve the problem, we use a new global optimization (AGOP) algorithm. The results obtained indicate that our model and software is able to solve optimal coverage problems for a design area with different number of users

Keywords

optimisation; wireless LAN; WLAN; access points; global optimization algorithm; wireless local area networks; Costs; Design optimization; Information technology; Interference; Mathematical model; Propagation losses; Radio frequency; Receivers; Wireless LAN; Wireless communication; WLAN; access point; coverage; design area; optimal number; optimization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 2006. VTC 2006-Spring. IEEE 63rd

Conference_Location

Melbourne, Vic.

ISSN

1550-2252

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9391-0

Electronic_ISBN

1550-2252

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETECS.2006.1683018

Filename

1683018