Posicionamento de Pontos de Acesso Sem-fio para Segurança de Visitantes em Parques Florestais

• Gabriel F. C. de Queiroz UFRJ / CEFET-RJ
• Ana Elisa Ferreira UFRJ / CEFET-RJ
• Fernando M. Ortiz UFRJ
• Rodrigo de S. Couto UERJ
• Luís Henrique M. K. Costa UFRJ

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbrc.2018.2470

Abstract

The deployment of wireless networks in tracks of forest parks, such as those of the Atlantic Forest, has challenges due to high humidity and dense vegetation. Nevertheless, this type of communication is important for the safety of the park visitors, assisting in natural disaster monitoring and people tracking. This paper formulates an integer linear programming problem for the placement of access points in forest tracks. In order to obtain the parameters of the problem, range measurements of wireless technologies are carried out, and information from the Petrópolis-Teresópolis crossing is used. Results show that it is possible to maintain 79% of coverage even when reducing in 47% the number of access points required.

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