Traffic Balancing

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WWRF12 Meeting, 4-5 November 2004, Toronto, Canada

Traffic Balancing

rImplementation

ÞTwo parameters and one counter:

•the medium usage threshold

•the measurement time period

•overThresholdCounter

ÞFunctions:

•For the router: Upon receiving a route request, checking the medium usage. If the medium usage is over the medium usage threshold, the node increases the overThresholdCounter by one.

•For the sender: Upon receiving the route replies, the sender chooses the route with the smallest overThresholdCounter. If more than one path has the same smallest overThresholdCounter, the one with fewer hops is chosen. If more than one path has the same overThresholdCounter and the same number of hops, the sender randomly chooses one.