Abstract The Relay Station (RS) deployment problem for WiMAX networks is studied. Unlike
Base Station (BS), RS does not need a wire-line backhaul and has much lower hardware …

In the field of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), after the deployment of sensor nodes,
transmission of data with an effective energy is becoming a critical issue due to the limited …

WiMAX (Worldwide interoperability for Microwave Access) is the emerging broadband
wireless access technology that allows interoperability and combines the benefits offered by …

Metaheuristic algorithms have popularly been used to solve a wide range of complex
engineering optimization problems. In order to solve the problems with two or more …

Nowadays, the use of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) is increasing in many fields of
application, such as industrial monitoring, home automation, and intensive agriculture …

With the arrival of the internet of things and advancement in every front of technology, the
field of the smart transportation system is becoming prevailing among the researchers. To …

The emerging WiMAX technology (IEEE 802.16) is the fourth generation standard for low-
cost, high-speed and long-range wireless communications for a large variety of civilian and …

The deployment of an adequate number of Relay Stations (RS) at proper sites will improve
the network connectivity and energy consumption, which are the major requirements of next …

Abstract Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) comprises a large number of spatially distributed
sensor devices that can retrieve valuable information via low-cost, low-powered, tiny …

Significant and continuous contributions related to 4G/5G cellular networks are still
accelerating the investigation of the approaches that can boost the cell characteristics …