Green routing algorithm for Wireless Mesh Network: A multi-objective evolutionary approach

Wireless Mesh Networks (WMN) is one of the technologic infrastructures that provide the technical characteristics that could fulfill the requirements proposed by the Smart Cities. One of the most important challenges is designing of optimal routing protocols in this kind of networks, especially for the smart cities environment. These protocols must be efficient in the allocation and use of resources in the network and to meet the requirements of the new services in terms of Quality of Service (QoS). In this paper we propose a routing algorithm based on the Strength Pareto Evolutionary Algorithm (SPEA) which intends to build the most efficient routes taking into account the shortest path, energy consumption and QoS restrictions (delay and bandwidth). As result, the routing protocol designed could be used in unicast or multicast schemes, with or without restrictions and into centralized or decentralized environments.