Sunday, March 14, 2010

Research on Load Balance Routing in Ad Hoc Networks


Firstly, the research status of load balance routing protocols of mobile Ad hoc networks is introduced. And analysis and comparison of different protocols are conducted. Then non-coordinated distributed scheduling mechanism of Ad hoc networks is presented. In such mechanism, interference signals caused by hidden terminal problem and exposed terminal problem will affect the transmission of packets, and furthermore, degrade the performance of the whole network. Based on above analysis, a new load balance routing strategy is presented, considering channel interference, which is caused by hidden terminal problem and exposed terminal problem, as node load. Thereby, link performance can be improved by avoiding the nodes which cause unexpected hidden terminal problem and exposed terminal problem in the routing selection of packets. Theo- retical analysis and simulation results demonstrate that this strategy can improve the quality of packets transmission, reduce delay and achieve load balance between nodes.In the end, a conclusion of the thesis is made and further research contents and directions are put forward.