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Solve the problem of minimizing the number of ITAPs required to cover n houses in a neighborhood, considering factors like layout, communication radius, and interference. Developed approximation algorithms with fault tolerance constraints. NP-hard variants addressed with worst-case bound O(log n).
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Placement of ITAPs • Problem formulation • Given a neighborhood with n houses, minimize # ITAPs required to cover it • Factors to consider • Neighborhood layout, communication radius, wireless link capacity, wireless interference, ITAP capacity, fault tolerance, … • All variants are NP-hard • Developed approximation algorithms for different link models with & without fault tolerance constraints • Our algorithm has a provable worst case bound of O(log n), and yields very close to the optimal solution in our simulations