Presentation 2019-10-17
Evaluation of Wireless Communication Performance Using Q-Learning in Wireless Mesh Network
Takuya Kobayashi, Kentaro Sawa, Takenori Sumi, Kei Ota, Takahisa Yamauchi,
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Abstract(in English) In the factory monitoring systems and smart meter, the application of wireless mesh network advances to realize no wiring and wide area. In wireless mesh network, a slave unit selects an appropriate communication path according to the communication environment, and communicates with a master unit by multi-hop. Therefore, it is suitable for the system which accommodates many terminals in a wide area. The determination of the communication route is performed autonomously based on the signal strength of the radio wave received from each peripheral handset, but the communication quality also depends on the installation location, interval, and number of radios installed. Also, in the event of a disaster, it is assumed that a valid route cannot be selected due to changes in the surrounding environment or radio equipment failures. Therefore, route selection parameters such as received signal strength thresholds that are set in advance may not be suitable for the installation environment. In this paper, we propose a method of applying reinforcement learning to the determination method of communication quality measurement parameter of route selection method in wireless mesh network, and aim at automatic determination of parameter suitable for installation environment of wireless device and improvement of communication performance. We also show that the communication performance of the wireless device after parameter learning is improved by computer simulation.
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Keyword(in English) Wireless Mesh Network / Reinforcement Learning / Routing
Paper # ICTSSL2019-20,IN2019-34
Date of Issue 2019-10-10 (ICTSSL, IN)

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Committee ICTSSL / IN
Conference Date 2019/10/17(2days)
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Chair Yasushi Fuwa(Sinshu Univ.) / Takuji Kishida(NTT-AT)
Vice Chair Hiroshi Tamura(Chuo Univ.) / Tomotaka Wada(Kansai Univ.) / Kenji Ishida(Hiroshima City Univ.)
Secretary Hiroshi Tamura(NTT) / Tomotaka Wada(Jigyo) / Kenji Ishida(NTT Communications)
Assistant Shunichi Yokoyama(NIED)

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Registration To Technical Committee on Information and Communication Technologies for Safe and Secure Life / Technical Committee on Information Networks
Language JPN
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Title (in English) Evaluation of Wireless Communication Performance Using Q-Learning in Wireless Mesh Network
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Keyword(1) Wireless Mesh Network
Keyword(2) Reinforcement Learning
Keyword(3) Routing
1st Author's Name Takuya Kobayashi
1st Author's Affiliation Mitsubishi Electric Corporation(Mitsubishi Electric Co.)
2nd Author's Name Kentaro Sawa
2nd Author's Affiliation Mitsubishi Electric Corporation(Mitsubishi Electric Co.)
3rd Author's Name Takenori Sumi
3rd Author's Affiliation Mitsubishi Electric Corporation(Mitsubishi Electric Co.)
4th Author's Name Kei Ota
4th Author's Affiliation Mitsubishi Electric Corporation(Mitsubishi Electric Co.)
5th Author's Name Takahisa Yamauchi
5th Author's Affiliation Mitsubishi Electric Corporation(Mitsubishi Electric Co.)
Date 2019-10-17
Paper # ICTSSL2019-20,IN2019-34
Volume (vol) vol.119
Number (no) ICTSSL-226,IN-227
Page pp.pp.23-28(ICTSSL), pp.23-28(IN),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2019-10-10 (ICTSSL, IN)