6. Conclusion
In this paper, we have presented an optimization algorithm called GLBAO for the allocation of limited bandwidth in multipath routing. Using LP optimization, ourallocation scheme is globally aware of the interaction withtransmissions from other parts of the network. Our optimization formulation takes queuing performance into account via the utilization factor in the objective function. We choose our node disjoint multiple paths according to their FCs which is a combination of power consumption, delay and hop count. The optimization methodology proposed for limited bandwidth allocation in this paper has the potential to increase the reliability of the packet transmission and to decrease network congestion. Our performance evaluations in both AIMMS and Opnet have demonstrated the advantages of our algorithm.
As the first stage of our research, we are mainly concerned withthe improvement of the throughput in this paper.Future work will also study congestion control to improve throughput further as well as improving other performance such as queueing delay and overhead.