Heurística para otimizar a alocação de canal e potência em redes sem fio

Abstract

With the crescent demand for connectivity, a large number of access points may be used to cover the entire environment, of a wireless network, with radio signal. But, the disorganized distribution of these access points may reduce the quality of the signal. This quality is influenced by the interference of nearby access points, and therefore many researchers are seeking a method to reduce it. The channel and power optimization are efficient methods to reduce interference. In this work, an heuristic algorithm to find a better configuration of channel and transmission power for those access points in the network is proposed. This algorithm evaluates the network, using analytical models, and techniques to optimize the channel and the transmission power to increase the quality of the signal in the environment. In the results, the algorithm arrives at solution close to the optimal.