LBOD-SR: An Efficient Routing Scheme for Mobile Ad-hoc Networks with Low Mobility and High Traffic Conditions

Abstract

We present a simple but effective scheme called load balanced on demand protocol with selective route request (LBOD-SR) to balance load at nodes when mobility is low and traffic load is high. This scheme provides the way by which nodes accept or discard the route request packets (RREQ) on basis of their present load conditions so that highly loaded nodes can be prevented by participating in the route discovery process or data transfer in order to minimize end-to-end delay and enhance performance.