An improved energy-efficient cloud-optimized load-balancing for IoT frameworks

Heliyon. 2023 Nov 10;9(11):e21947. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e21947. eCollection 2023 Nov.

Abstract

As wireless communication grows, so does the need for smart, simple, affordable solutions. The need prompted academics to develop appropriate network solutions ranging from wireless sensor networks (WSNs) to the Internet of Things (IoT). With the innovations of researchers, the necessity for enhancements in existing researchers has increased. Initially, network protocols were the focus of study and development. Regardless, IoT devices are already being employed in different industries and collecting massive amounts of data through complicated applications. This necessitates IoT load-balancing research. Several studies tried to address the communication overheads produced by significant IoT network traffic. These studies intended to control network loads by evenly spreading them across IoT nodes. Eventually, the practitioners decided to migrate the IoT node data and the apps processing it to the cloud. So, the difficulty is to design a cloud-based load balancer algorithm that meets the criteria of IoT network protocols. Defined as a unique method for controlling loads on cloud-integrated IoT networks. The suggested method analyses actual and virtual host machine needs in cloud computing environments. The purpose of the proposed model is to design a load balancer that improves network response time while reducing energy consumption. The proposed load balancer algorithm may be easily integrated with peer-existing IoT frameworks. Handling the load for cloud-based IoT architectures with the above-described methods. Significantly boosts response time for the IoT network by 60 %. The proposed scheme has less energy consumption (31 %), less execution time (24\%), decreased node shutdown time (45 %), and less infrastructure cost (48\%) in comparison to existing frameworks. Based on the simulation results, it is concluded that the proposed framework offers an improved solution for IoT-based cloud load-balancing issues.

Keywords: Cloud; Energy consumption; IoT; Load balancer; Response time; WSN.