Multipath Routing Selection Strategies in Wireless Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

Abstract

Multipath routing selection strategy has been studied in the context of ad hoc networks. It has been shown that this selection strategy is categorized into two parts according to the utilization of multiple routes: best routing selection strategy and load balancing selection strategy. The best routing selection strategy use one route and save backup routes information for fault tolerance. The load balancing selection strategy uses route diversity to balance network load. In this paper, we show that many complicated reasons decide the effects of the multipath routing selection strategies in various load conditions. The effects of the strategies reverse some time. We show that unless a dynamic multipath routing selection strategy is used, the effect of the multipath does not have the perfect impact