Multi-path routing protocol with load balancing policy in mobile ad hoc network

Author

Pham, Peter ; Perreau, Sylvie

Author_Institution

Univ. of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, SA, Australia

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

48

Lastpage

52

Abstract

Research on multi-path routing to provide improved throughput and route resilience as compared with single-path routing has been explored in detail in the context of wired networks. However, multi-path routing has not been explored thoroughly in the domain of ad hoc networks. We propose a multi-path routing protocol with a load balancing policy to improve the network throughput, decrease average end-to-end delay and reduce congestion in ad hoc networks. We apply our scheme as an extension on top of existing dynamic source routing (DSR) and study the performance of our scheme using simulations. The simulations show a 15-20% improvement in packet delivery ratio and average end-to-end delay.

Keywords

ad hoc networks; mobile radio; routing protocols; telecommunication congestion control; telecommunication traffic; DSR; congestion reduction; dynamic source routing; end-to-end delay; load balancing policy; mobile ad hoc network; multi-path routing protocol; multiple path routing; packet delivery ratio; traffic distribution; Ad hoc networks; Australia; Delay; Intelligent networks; Lakes; Load management; Mobile ad hoc networks; Routing protocols; Telecommunication traffic; Throughput;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mobile and Wireless Communications Network, 2002. 4th International Workshop on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7605-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWCN.2002.1045694

Filename

1045694