Optimizing LoRaWAN Gateway Placement in Urban Environments: A Hybrid PSO-DE Algorithm Validated via HTZ Simulations - Al-Sammak, Kanar Alaa; Al-Gburi, Sama Hussein; Marghescu, Ion; Drăgulinescu, Ana-Maria Claudia; Marghescu, Cristina; Martian, Alexandru; Alduais, Nayef A. M.; Al-Sammak, Nawar Alaa Hussein (Technologies (Basel), 2025)
Keywords: Access control; Algorithms; Communication; Energy consumption; Evolutionary computation; Field tests; gateway optimization; Internet of Things; IoT; Localization; LoRaWAN; LPWAN; Mathematical optimization; Network reliability; Optimization; Particle swarm optimization; Performance evaluation; Performance measurement; Placement; Power management; PSO; Real time; Sensors; Signal quality; Signal strength; Signal to noise ratio; Simulation; Spread spectrum; Urban environments; Wide area networks; Romania