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Optimal Number of MOAP Robots for WMNs Using Elbow Theory

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Recently, various communication technologies have been developed in order to satisfy the requirements of many users. Especially, mobile communication technology continues to develop rapidly and Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs) are attracting attention from many researchers in order to provide cost efficient broadband wireless connectivity. The main issue of WMNs is to improve network connectivity and stability in terms of user coverage. In our previous work, we presented Moving Omnidirectional Access Point (MOAP) robot. The MOAP robot should move omnidirectionaly in the real space to provide good communication and stability for WMNs. For this reason, we need to find optimal number of MOAP robots. In this paper, we use elbow theory to decide the optimal number of MOAP robots for WMNs in order to have a good communication environment.

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  1. Graduate School of Engineering, Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT), 3-30-1 Wajiro-Higashi, Higashi-Ku, Fukuoka, 811-0295, Japan

    Kenshiro Mitsugi & Atushi Toyama

  2. Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT), 3-30-1 Wajiro-Higashi, Higashi-Ku, Fukuoka, 811-0295, Japan

    Keita Matsuo & Leonard Barolli

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  1. Kenshiro Mitsugi
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Correspondence to Keita Matsuo .

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  1. Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Faculty of Information Engineering, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Fukuoka, Japan

    Leonard Barolli

  2. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada

    Kin Fun Li

  3. Faculty of Business Administration, Rissho University, Tokyo, Japan

    Tomoya Enokido

  4. Department of Advanced Sciences, Hosei University, Tokyo, Japan

    Makoto Takizawa

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Mitsugi, K., Toyama, A., Matsuo, K., Barolli, L. (2021). Optimal Number of MOAP Robots for WMNs Using Elbow Theory. In: Barolli, L., Li, K., Enokido, T., Takizawa, M. (eds) Advances in Networked-Based Information Systems. NBiS 2020. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1264. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57811-4_12

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