An Approximate Dynamic Programming Model for Link Scheduling in WMNs with Gateway Design Constraint

Abstract

The design objective of wireless mesh networks is generally focused on transmitting data packets as many as possible in a given time. Wireless mesh network models may be categorized into many different types according to different programming objectives, wherein the link scheduling model achieves the purpose of effective transmission of packets by certain transmission constraints and the programming of the open status of packet transmission links in each stage. In this paper, the approximate dynamic programming approach for a new wireless mesh network scheduling model having node programming information saving locations and network link gateway designs is orchestrated. The experiment results show that, in addition to maintaining many wireless network characteristics, the scheduling algorithm is effectively executed and approximate dynamic programming effectively simulates dynamic programming and has performances superior to genetic algorithm.