1st IEEE International Conference on Wireless Broadband and Ultra Wideband Communications, AusWireless 2006, Sydney, Australia, 13 - 16 March 2006, pp.302-307, (Full Text)
When designing wireless communication systems, it is very important to know the optimum numbers of access points (APs) in order to provide a reliable design. In this paper we describe a mathematical model developed for finding the optimal number and location of APs. A new Global Optimization Algorithm (AGOP) is used to solve the problem. Results obtained demonstrate that the model and software are able to solve optimal coverage problems for design areas with different types of obstacles and number of users.