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WiFi6 Dynamic Channel Optimization Method for Fault Tolerance in Power Communication Network

by Hong Zhu¹, Lisha Gao¹, Lei Wei¹, Guangchang Yang^2,*, Sujie Shao²

1 Nanjing Power Supply Branch, State Grid Jiangsu Electric Power Co., Nanjing, 210000, China
2 State Key Laboratory of Networking and Switching Technology, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, 100876, China

* Corresponding Author: Guangchang Yang. Email:

Computers, Materials & Continua 2023, 75(3), 5501-5519. https://doi.org/10.32604/cmc.2023.035759

Received 02 September 2022; Accepted 03 March 2023; Issue published 29 April 2023

Abstract

As the scale of power networks has expanded, the demand for multi-service transmission has gradually increased. The emergence of WiFi6 has improved the transmission efficiency and resource utilization of wireless networks. However, it still cannot cope with situations such as wireless access point (AP) failure. To solve this problem, this paper combines orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) technology and dynamic channel optimization technology to design a fault-tolerant WiFi6 dynamic resource optimization method for achieving high quality wireless services in a wirelessly covered network even when an AP fails. First, under the premise of AP layout with strong coverage over the whole area, a faulty AP determination method based on beacon frames (BF) is designed. Then, the maximum signal-to-interference ratio (SINR) is used as the principle to select AP reconnection for the affected users. Finally, this paper designs a dynamic access selection model (DASM) for service frames of power Internet of Things (IoTs) and a scheduling access optimization model (SAO-MF) based on multi-frame transmission, which enables access optimization for differentiated services. For the above mechanisms, a heuristic resource allocation algorithm is proposed in SAO-MF. Simulation results show that the method can reduce the delay by 15% and improve the throughput by 55%, ensuring high-quality communication in power wireless networks.

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