Sensor Allocation in a Hybrid Star-Mesh IoT Network using Genetic Algorithm and K-Medoids

As the number of devices in IoT networks grows, the requirements for communication reliability increases. To ensure this reliability, in this work a hybrid network topology for IoT sensors is proposed, using mesh and star topologies. This hybrid network aims to ensure greater network coverage for sensor allocation. For the network planning, a fusion of the Genetic Algorithm and K-Medoids Algorithm was proposed. An experiment was performed with LoRa where the acquired data were used to test the developed algorithm. In addition the hardware for the proposed Cluster Head of the mesh network was developed.