Evaluation of Discrete Access Point Placement Algorithm in Physics-Based Ray Tracing Simulation

Motivation

Many Access Point (AP) placement algorithms are present in the literature. Some rely on continuous heatmaps, whereas others use discrete tile-based methods. Continuous placement searches over any point within the region, while discrete placement of AP limits the options to a predefined set of feasible locations (such as tiles) that capture installation constraints. In this thesis, a physics-based simulation environment using Sionna is used to evaluate different tile-based AP placement algorithms to evaluate their effectiveness in coverage despite abstract tile nature.