Routing algorithm to fairly distribute the exposure to electromagnetic fields over wireless mesh networks

This work presents a novel model for multi-hop networks which aims to include electro-magnetic exposure metrics within the routing paradigm. Given the need to include new metrics in the routing decision making, as a prelude to the protocols definition, it is deemed necessary the definition of novel network models and adequate algorithms so that they can be afterwards utilized to assess the performance of the routing protocols. In particular, this work proposes a network model to include the electro-magnetic exposure within the routing costs; besides, an algorithm (Cycle Canceling Algorithm) has been identified that is able to effectively solve the problem resulting from the model. Furthermore, the behavior of the proposed algorithm is compared with other which considers a different metric, so as to corroborate its operation and to provide information on how to tweak its configuration parameters.