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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Hybrid GA-PSO Optimization for Controller Placement in Large-Scale Smart City IoT Networks.

Sheeraz Ali Memon, Darius Andriukaitis, Dangirutis Navikas, Vytautas Markevičius, Algimantas Valinevičius, Mindaugas Žilys, Michal Prauzek, Jaromir Konecny, Zhixiong Li, Tomyslav Sledevič and 2 more

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Sheeraz Ali MemonDepartment of Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Kaunas University of Technology, Studentu g. 50-438, LT-51368 Kaunas, Lithuania.ORCID 0000-0003-1156-4234
Darius AndriukaitisDepartment of Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Kaunas University of Technology, Studentu g. 50-438, LT-51368 Kaunas, Lithuania.ORCID 0000-0002-9862-8917
Dangirutis NavikasDepartment of Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Kaunas University of Technology, Studentu g. 50-438, LT-51368 Kaunas, Lithuania.
Vytautas MarkevičiusDepartment of Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Kaunas University of Technology, Studentu g. 50-438, LT-51368 Kaunas, Lithuania.
Algimantas ValinevičiusDepartment of Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Kaunas University of Technology, Studentu g. 50-438, LT-51368 Kaunas, Lithuania.
Mindaugas ŽilysDepartment of Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Kaunas University of Technology, Studentu g. 50-438, LT-51368 Kaunas, Lithuania.ORCID 0000-0002-6589-0599
Michal PrauzekDepartment of Cybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, 17. listopadu 2172/15, 708 00 Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0003-1348-1328
Jaromir KonecnyDepartment of Cybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, 17. listopadu 2172/15, 708 00 Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0002-0496-2915
Zhixiong LiFaculty of Mechanical Engineering, Opole University of Technology, 45-758 Opole, Poland.
Tomyslav SledevičDepartment of Electronic Systems, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Saulėtekio Ave. 11, LT-10223 Vilnius, Lithuania.ORCID 0000-0002-3538-218X
Michal FrivaldskyDepartment of Mechatronics and Electronics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Zilina, 010 01 Žilina, Slovakia.ORCID 0000-0001-6138-3103
Dardan KlimentaDepartment of Power Engineering, Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Priština in Kosovska Mitrovica, Kneza Miloša St. 7, RS-38220 Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia.ORCID 0000-0003-0019-8371

Funding

Lietuvos Mokslo Taryba S-A-UEI-23-1 (22 December 2023)
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Abstract

The Internet of Things (IoT) plays an important role in the development of smart cities. IoT forms a large network, and optimal controller placement plays a crucial role in ensuring network performance and resilience. This paper proposes a hybrid optimization approach that combines Genetic Algorithm (GA) and Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) to strategically place controllers. Kaunas (Lithuania) was selected as a real-world smart city model. A large-scale Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) network with 2000 nodes was simulated, and 10 controllers were optimally placed in the network to minimize latency, balance load, enhance energy efficiency, and redundancy. The performance of the proposed hybrid GA-PSO algorithm was compared with random and K-Means clustering placements under three scenarios: normal operation, node failures, and traffic spikes. Simulation results demonstrate that the hybrid approach outperforms the other two methods in terms of load balancing, packet loss, energy efficiency, scalability, and redundancy. These findings highlight the robustness and effectiveness of the proposed hybrid algorithm in optimizing controller placement for smart city environments.

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controller placementGA-PSOhybrid optimizationNB-IoTsmart city

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