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To further improve the Quality of Experience (QoE) and achieve load balancing within the WLAN, the authors formulate the Optimal Deployment Problem of Access Points with Fault Tolerance (ODPAPFT) as a constrained optimization problem. The objective is to improve load balancing among APs while maintaining fault tolerance, thereby enhancing the overall performance and reliability of the WLAN.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Design\/methodology\/approach<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>To solve the proposed problem, a novel optimization approach based on Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) with Multi-AP and Single-AP Search (PSOMSAS) is proposed. The method iteratively refines AP deployment schemes by leveraging multi-AP and single-AP search strategies. Practical scenarios, including real-world building layouts and obstacle distributions, were used to evaluate the proposed approach.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Findings<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Experimental results demonstrate that the PSOMSAS method guarantees full coverage under any AP failure scenario, ensuring uninterrupted service. Additionally, it significantly enhances the load balancing among APs, achieving superior load-balancing performance compared to existing AP deployment optimization methods. The optimized deployment schemes also highlight the inefficiency of uniform AP distribution and emphasize the need for context-specific optimization.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Originality\/value<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>The proposed ODPAPFT formulation and the PSOMSAS approach provide a reliable framework for designing robust AP deployment schemes in real-world scenarios, supporting fault tolerance and enhanced load balancing. 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