Research Article

Fairness-Oriented Semichaotic Genetic Algorithm-Based Channel Assignment Technique for Node Starvation Problem in Wireless Mesh Networks

Table 2

Simulation parameters.

ParameterConfiguration

Propagation modelFree space/two ray ground
AntennaOmnidirection
MAC type802.11a/b
Orthogonal channels12/3
Communication range252 m
Interference distance514 m
Number of nodesVaries from 50 to 200
Number of linksVaries from 10 to 130
Number of radios3 for each mesh router
Connectivity degree3
Simulation area1000 m × 1000 m