Paper Info
Title
An Efficient Load Balancing Method For Ad Hoc Networks
Abstract
Routing is the most basic and essential operation of any ad hoc network. A mobile ad hoc network presents many challenges, because of the severe resource limitations such as dynamic and varying topology, lack of centralized control, insecure medium, and limited battery power, among others. Therefore, optimization and conservation is the key to success of any ad hoc network operation. In this paper, we propose and define 2 new metrics for ad hoc networks: bandwidth utilization ratio and load index. These metrics can be used as an indicator to measure and monitor the network usability and to improve its efficiency by efficient load distribution. They can be used to predict the additional load that can be accommodated in the network, without causing any congestion or overflows. We also propose a new load balancing routing scheme for ad hoc networks, called efficient load balancing method. This method tries to offset the load on different paths using load index as a metric. Load index is defined as a measure of a node's degree of involvement in the message routing process, which is indicative of its load. To make this algorithm efficient, we limit our routes to a few efficient ones only. This number of alternate routes used, out of the pool of all available routes, is defined as degree of distribution. Simulation results adequately prove the efficiency of proposed method, vis-a-vis 2 other load balancing approaches, and these are verified statistically at 99% confidence interval. A pxq factorial design is used to verify that simulation results are the actual measurements and not due to some unknown errors.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1002/dac.3503
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
Keywords
Field
DocType
efficient routing, load balancing, load distribution, MANETs, multipath routing, scalable routing
Computer science,Load balancing (computing),Computer network,Wireless ad hoc network
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
31
5
1074-5351
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.35
29
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jaspreet Singh Suri133729.90
Chandra Shekhar Rai293.89