Routing protocol Load balancing Wireless Mesh Network algorithm

Abstract

There are many routing approaches have been borrowed from mobile ad hoc network to achieve routing solutions in wireless mesh network. WMN was developed for reliable data communication and load balancing. AODV provides loop-free routes even while repairing broken links. On this paper, we propose a hierarchical routing framework which is adapted to a wireless mesh network (WMN) environment and ensures the most critical issue in the wireless network: load-balancing. We simplify clusters formation and maintenance procedure, propose limited topology broadcasting mechanism allowing WMC to choose the best path to a WMC in adjacent cluster, and connect to a number nearby WMR. Basing on that routing framework we propose a liquid-simulated algorithm to keep load-balances between WMRs.
Keywords: Routing protocol; Load balancing; Wireless Mesh Network; algorithm