Performance Evaluation of FC-RDVM and LDIWM Router Replacement Methods for Small and Middle Scale WMNs Considering UNDX-M Crossover Method and Stadium Distribution of Mesh Clients

In this paper, we present a comparison study of Linearly Decreasing Inertia Weight Method (LDIWM) and Fast Convergence Rational Decrement of Vmax Method (FC-RDVM) for optimization of mesh routers in Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs). We consider UNDX-m crossover method and Stadium distribution of mesh clients. Then, we perform simulations for small and middle scale WMNs. In case of both scales of WMNs, for both methods (LDIWM and FC-RDVM), all mesh routers are connected. Considering NCMC, for small scale WMNs, in case of LDIWM all mesh clients are covered, while for FC-RDVM four mesh clients are not covered. However, for middle scale WMNs and both methods, all mesh clients are covered. While, considering load balancing, for both scales of WMNs, LDIWM has a better loading balancing than FC-RDVM.