AELB: Adaptive and Efficient Load Balancing Schemes to Achieve Fair Routing in Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANETs)

Currently, mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) can be deployed in various scenarios but the presence of varying degree of resources, mobility of nodes and the lack of load-balancing capabilities in MANETs (Mobile Ad Hoc Networks) poses a hefty challenge for such networks to scale and perform efficiently when subjected to varying network conditions. Load imbalance is one of the most critical issues in these networks and network performance can be reached by fairly distributing load among nodes within the network. In the present paper, special attention has been given to the load balancing and congestion control in network. Here it is intended to deliver data packets circumventing congested routes, so as to realize a short end to end delay and load balancing of the overall network. The various load-balancing schemes discussed offer an ability to alleviate congestion by traffic distribution of excessive load and to support better performance, taking different parameters into consideration.