Method for evaluating locations of wireless access points in an hybrid network

摘要

A method for evaluating connectivity in an hybrid network is disclosed. The hybrid network comprising n wireless access points, the method comprises a step of elaborating an indirect connectivity matrix having a dimension equal to n×n, wherein an element being located at row i and line j of the indirect connectivity matrix corresponds to a direct or an indirect path between a first access point i and a second access point j, A signal sent from a first access point i to a second access point j on an indirect path is successively: received and re-sent by at least a third access point k. The matrix being remarkable in that the level of received signals between each access point is greater than a second level. The method further comprises a step of elaborating a direct connectivity matrix having a dimension equal to n×n, wherein an element being located at row i and line j of the direct connectivity matrix corresponds to a direct path between a first access point i and a second access point j wherein the level of received signal is greater than a first level.;A station configured for evaluating connectivity in an hybrid network is further disclosed.

主权项

1. A method for evaluating connectivity in an hybrid network comprising n wireless access points, n being an integer greater than 2, said method comprising:
elaborating a low bitrate connectivity matrix having a dimension equal to n×n, wherein an element being located at row i and line j of said low bitrate connectivity matrix corresponds to a direct or an indirect path between a first access point i and a second access point j, i and j being indexes comprised between 1 and n, wherein the level of received signals between each access point is greater than a low bitrate level; elaborating a high bitrate connectivity matrix having a dimension equal to n×n, wherein an element being located at row i and line j of said high bitrate connectivity matrix corresponds to a direct path between a first access point i and a second access point j, i and j being indexes comprised between 1 and n, and wherein the level of received signals is greater than a high bitrate level; evaluating that connectivity of said access points is optimized for high bitrate coverage in said hybrid network by using a minimum number of n access point in the case here a high number of elements of the high bitrate connectivity matrix is null and where a high number of elements of the low bitrate connectivity matrix is non-null.