Dynamic source routing strategy for two-level flows on scale-free networks

PLoS One. 2013 Dec 12;8(12):e82162. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082162. eCollection 2013.

Abstract

Packets transmitting in real communication networks such as the Internet can be classified as time-sensitive or time-insensitive. To better support the real-time and time-insensitive applications, we propose a two-level flow traffic model in which packets are labeled as level-1 or level-2, and those with level-1 have higher priority to be transmitted. In order to enhance the traffic capacity of the two-level flow traffic model, we expand the global dynamic routing strategy and propose a new dynamic source routing which supports no routing-flaps, high traffic capacity, and diverse traffic flows. As shown in this paper, the proposed dynamic source routing can significantly enhance the traffic capacity and quality of time-sensitive applications compared with the global shortest path routing strategy.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Computer Communication Networks*
  • Computer Simulation
  • Models, Theoretical
  • Time Factors

Grants and funding

This work is supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China under Grant No. 2007AA01Z203. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.