TY - GEN
T1 - A proportional load balancing for wireless sensor networks
AU - Tellioglu, Ismail
AU - Mantar, Haci A.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - This paper presents a new load balancing method for wireless sensor networks. In most routing schemes a sender forwards its packets destined for the same sink through the same neighbor. Thus, the nodes located in the intersection of multiple paths carry a large amount of workload and exhaust their energy rapidly. To overcome this problem, we propose a proportional load balancing method (PLB). In PLB, a sender chooses multiple paths for a destination (sink) and forwards its packets over these paths. By spreading the load over multiple paths, PLB prolong over all network life time, increases network efficiency and prevent fluctuation problem in load balancing. The experimental results verify the achievements of PLB compared to the previous studies.
AB - This paper presents a new load balancing method for wireless sensor networks. In most routing schemes a sender forwards its packets destined for the same sink through the same neighbor. Thus, the nodes located in the intersection of multiple paths carry a large amount of workload and exhaust their energy rapidly. To overcome this problem, we propose a proportional load balancing method (PLB). In PLB, a sender chooses multiple paths for a destination (sink) and forwards its packets over these paths. By spreading the load over multiple paths, PLB prolong over all network life time, increases network efficiency and prevent fluctuation problem in load balancing. The experimental results verify the achievements of PLB compared to the previous studies.
KW - Load balancing
KW - Routing
KW - Wireless sensor networks
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=70449475133&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2009.86
DO - 10.1109/SENSORCOMM.2009.86
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:70449475133
SN - 9780769536699
T3 - Proceedings - 2009 3rd International Conference on Sensor Technologies and Applications, SENSORCOMM 2009
SP - 514
EP - 519
BT - Proceedings - 2009 3rd International Conference on Sensor Technologies and Applications, SENSORCOMM 2009
T2 - 2009 3rd International Conference on Sensor Technologies and Applications, SENSORCOMM 2009
Y2 - 18 June 2009 through 23 June 2009
ER -