TY - GEN
T1 - Optimization of heterogeneous multi-radio multi-hop rural wireless network
AU - Ting, Alvin
AU - Chieng, David
AU - Kwong, Kae Hsiang
AU - Andonovic, Ivan
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - This paper presents an planning optimization framework focusing on coverage and capacity for a multi-radio, multi-hop network which consists of heterogeneous WLAN access and backhaul radios. Using a representative rural site in Malaysia, various stages of optimization exercises are undertaken including: 1) Optimizing Multi-radio Access Router (MAR) location, 2) Optimizing wireless backhaul topology, 3) Optimizing access channel and 4) access radio transmit power; taking into consideration various requirements and constraints such as the number of MARs, house/user distribution, house/user capacity requirement, backhaul capacity and hop counts. The ultimate goal is to minimize resources required and provide optimum network coverage and capacity to satisfy user requirements. Results show that only 9 MARs are required to provision 95% coverage at 4.7Mbps per house in the selected rural area. By optimizing the channel, a further 1.5Mbps capacity improvement and 21% of total coverage improvement can be achieved.
AB - This paper presents an planning optimization framework focusing on coverage and capacity for a multi-radio, multi-hop network which consists of heterogeneous WLAN access and backhaul radios. Using a representative rural site in Malaysia, various stages of optimization exercises are undertaken including: 1) Optimizing Multi-radio Access Router (MAR) location, 2) Optimizing wireless backhaul topology, 3) Optimizing access channel and 4) access radio transmit power; taking into consideration various requirements and constraints such as the number of MARs, house/user distribution, house/user capacity requirement, backhaul capacity and hop counts. The ultimate goal is to minimize resources required and provide optimum network coverage and capacity to satisfy user requirements. Results show that only 9 MARs are required to provision 95% coverage at 4.7Mbps per house in the selected rural area. By optimizing the channel, a further 1.5Mbps capacity improvement and 21% of total coverage improvement can be achieved.
KW - Heterogeneous Network
KW - Mesh
KW - Multiple hop
KW - Optimization
KW - WLAN
KW - rural
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84878133103&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ICCT.2012.6511372
DO - 10.1109/ICCT.2012.6511372
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84878133103
SN - 9781467321013
T3 - International Conference on Communication Technology Proceedings, ICCT
SP - 1159
EP - 1165
BT - Proceedings of 2012 IEEE 14th International Conference on Communication Technology, ICCT 2012
T2 - 2012 IEEE 14th International Conference on Communication Technology, ICCT 2012
Y2 - 9 November 2012 through 11 November 2012
ER -