An efficient QoS routing algorithm for multi-constrained path selection

An efficient QoS routing algorithm was proposed for multiple constrained path selection. Making use of efficient pruning policy, the algorithm reduces greatly the size of search space and the computing time. Although the proposed algorithm has exponential time complexity in the worst case, it can get the running results quickly in practical application. When the scale of network increases, the algorithm can efficiently control the size of search space by constraint conditions and prior queue. The results of simulation show that successful request ratio ( r ) of efficient algorithm for multi-constrained optimal path (EAMCOP) is better than that of heuristic algorithm for multi-constrained optimal path (H-MCOP), but average computing time ( t ) of EAMCOP is far less than that of H-MCOP. And it can be seen that the computing time of EAMCOP is only one fourth of that of H-MCOP in Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANet) topology.

QoS multicast routing algorithm based on GA

The multicast routing problem with multiple QoS constraints in networks with uncertain parameters is discussed, and a network model that is suitable to research such QoS multicast routing problem is described. The QMRGA, a multicast routing policy for Internet, mobile network or other highperformance networks is mainly presented, which is based on the genetic algorithm(GA), and can provide QoSsensitive paths in a scalable and flexible way in the network environment with uncertain parameters. The QMRGA can also optimize the network resources such as bandwidth and delay, and can converge to the optimal or nearoptimal solution within few iterations, even for the network environment with uncertain parameters. The incremental rate of computational cost can be close to a polynomial and is less than exponential rate. The performance measures of the QMRGA are evaluated by using simulations. The results show that QMRGA provides an available approach to QoS multicast routing in network environment with uncertain parameters.

Multiple constraints-based QoS multicast routing: model and algorithms

Constraint-based multicast routing, which aims at identifying a path that satisfies a set of quality of service (QoS) constraints, has became a very important research issue in the areas of networks and distributed systems. In general, multi-constrained path selection with or without optimization is a NP-complete problem that can not be exactly solved in polynomial time. Hence, accurate constraints-based routing algorithms with a fast running time are scarce, perhaps even non-existent. The expected impact of such a constrained-based routing algorithm has resulted in the proposal of numerous heuristics and a few exact QoS algorithms. This paper aims to give a thorough, concise and fair evaluation of the most important multiple constraint-based QoS multicast routing algorithms known today, and it provides a descriptive overview and simulation results of these multi-constrained routing algorithms.

Anycast service model and its QoS routing algorithm

In the Internet, a group of replicated servers is commonly used in order to improve the scalability of network service. Anycast service is a new network service that can improve network load distribution and simplify certain applications. In this paper, the authors described a simple anycast service model in the Internet without significant affecting the routing and protocol processing infrastructure that was already in place, and proposed an anycast QoS routing algorithm for this model. The algorithm used randomized method to balance network load and improve its performance. Several new techniques are proposed in the algorithm, first, theminimum hops for each node are used in the algorithm, which are used as metric for computing the probability of possible out links. The metric is pre computed for each node in the network, which can simplify the network complexity and provide the routing process with useful information. Second, randomness is used at the link level and depends dynamically on the routing configuration. This provides great flexibility for the routing process, prevents the routing process from overusing certain fixed routing paths, and adequately balances the delay of the routing path. the authors assess the quality of QoS algorithm in terms of the acceptance ratio on anycast QoS requests, and the simulation results on a variety of network topologies and on various parameters show that the algorithm has good performances and can balance network load effectively.

Ant Colony Algorithm for Solving QoS Routing Problem

Based on the state transition rule, the local updating rule and the global updating rule of ant colony algorithm, we propose an improved ant colony algorithm of the least\|cost quality of service (QoS) unicast routing. The algorithm is used for solving the routing problem with delay, delay jitter, bandwidth, and packet loss\|constrained. In the simulation, about 52.33% ants find the successful QoS routing , and converge to the best. It is proved that the algorithm is efficient and effective.

A DISTRIBUTED QOS ROUTING BASED ON ANT ALGORITHM FOR LEO SATELLITE NETWORK

Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites provide short round-trip delays and are becoming in- creasingly important. One of the challenges in LEO satellite networks is the development of specialized and efficient routing algorithms. To satisfy the QoS requirements of multimedia applications, satellite routing protocols should consider handovers and minimize their effect on the active connections. A distributed QoS routing scheme based on heuristic ant algorithm is proposed for satisfying delay bound and avoiding link congestion. Simulation results show that the call blocking probabilities of this al- gorithm are less than that of Shortest Path First (SPF) with different delay bound.

SIMULATED ANNEALING BASED POLYNOMIAL TIME QOS ROUTING ALGORITHM FOR MANETS

Multi-constrained Quality-of-Service (QoS) routing is a big challenge for Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANETs) where the topology may change constantly. In this paper a novel QoS Routing Algorithm based on Simulated Annealing (SA_RA) is proposed. This algorithm first uses an energy function to translate multiple QoS weights into a single mixed metric and then seeks to find a feasible path by simulated annealing. The pa- per outlines simulated annealing algorithm and analyzes the problems met when we apply it to Qos Routing (QoSR) in MANETs. Theoretical analysis and experiment results demonstrate that the proposed method is an effective approximation algorithms showing better performance than the other pertinent algorithm in seeking the (approximate) optimal configuration within a period of polynomial time.

Combining Single (Mixed) Metric Approach and Genetic Algorithm for QoS Routing Problem

A hybrid algorithm for the delay constrained least cost path problem is proposed through combination of single (mixed) metric approach and genetic algorithm. Compared with the known genetic algorithm for the same problem, the new algorithm adopts integral coding scheme and new genetic operator, which reduces the search space and improves the efficiency of genetic operation. Meanwhile, the single (mixed) approach accelerates the convergence speed. Simulation results indicate that the proposed algorithm can find near-optimal even optimal solutions within moderate numbers of generations.

QOS-BASED MULTICAST ROUTING OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS FOR INTERNET

Most of the multimedia applications require strict Quality-of-Service (QoS) guarantee during the communication between a single source and multiple destinations. The paper mainly presents a QoS Multicast Routing algorithms based on Genetic Algorithm (QMRGA). Simulation results demonstrate that the algorithm is capable of discovering a set of QoS-based near optimized, non-dominated multicast routes within a few iterations, even for the networks environment with uncertain parameters.

Study on QOS Routing in Network Centric Warfare

The concept of network centric warfare （NCW） and the distributed equal-node network architecture in NCW are introduced in this paper. The data flow requirement model in NCW is presented. Based on synthetic analysis of network resource, the QOS （Quality of Service） parameters and their characters, the high requirement of real-time synchronization in NCW, the single QOS routing constraint, and the network latency between the detector and weapon control station, are presented. To take an example for 3-node brigade （regiment） level NCW demonstration platform, the algorithm of end-to-end network latency and path information in NCW are presented. The algorithm program based on Server/Client architecture is developed. The optimal path is the link whose latency between the detector and weapon control station is the smallest. This paper solves the key issue and satisfies the needs on network latency in NCW. The study results can be widely applied in the decision of the optimal path which is based on multiple service provision points.

基于遗传-蚁群优化算法的QoS组播路由算法设计

为了提高网络路由性能,提出并设计了一种基于遗传-蚁群优化算法的服务质量(quality of service,QoS)组播路由算法。首先,设计了自适应变频采集策略用于采集网络与节点信息,以此获得网络和节点的状态,为后续路由优化提供数据支持;其次,计算路径代价,将路径代价最小作为优化目标,建立QoS组播路由优化模型,并设置相关约束条件;最后,结合遗传算法和蚁群算法提出一种遗传-蚁群优化算法求解上述模型,输出最优路径,完成路由优化。实验结果表明,所提算法可有效降低路径长度与路径代价,提高搜索效率与路由请求成功率,优化后的路由时延抖动较小。

Quality of Service Routing Strategy Using Supervised Genetic Algorithm

A supervised genetic algorithm (SGA) is proposed to solve the quality of service (QoS) routing problems in computer networks. The supervised rules of intelligent concept are introduced into genetic algorithms (GAs) to solve the constraint optimization problem. One of the main characteristics of SGA is its searching space can be limited in feasible regions rather than infeasible regions. The superiority of SGA to other GAs lies in that some supervised search rules in which the information comes from the problems are incorporated into SGA. The simulation results show that SGA improves the ability of searching an optimum solution and accelerates the convergent process up to 20 times.

Algorithm for multi-constrained path selection based on experimental analysis

It is a challenging problem to provide quality-of-service （QoS） guarantees in next generation high-speed network, and the QoS routing is one of the key issues of the problem. For the problem of multi-constrained QoS routing in high-speed network, especially under the inaccurate link state information, the success ratio of the different constraint combination is analyzed statistically, and a constraint analysis method based on the computer simulation is proposed. Furthermore, the approximately equal loose-tight order relation between each two constraints is constructed, and then an algorithm based on the experimental analysis is presented. Finally, the simulation result demonstrates that the algorithm has the higher success ratio, and the theoretical analysis proves its correctness and universality.

Two-stage evolutionary algorithm for dynamic multicast routing in mesh network

In order to share multimedia transmissions in mesh networks and optimize the utilization of network resources, this paper presents a Two-stage Evolutionary Algorithm (TEA), i.e., unicast routing evolution and multicast path composition, for dynamic multicast routing. The TEA uses a novel link-duplicate-degree encoding, which can encode a multicast path in the link-duplicate-degree and decode the path as a link vector easily. A dynamic algorithm for adding nodes to or removing nodes from a multicast group and a repairing algorithm are also covered in this paper. As the TEA is based on global evaluation, the quality of the multicast path remains stabilized without degradation when multicast members change over time. Therefore, it is not necessary to rearrange the multicast path during the life cycle of the multicast sessions. Simulation results show that the TEA is efficient and convergent.

An Evaluation of Routing Algorithms in Traffic Engineering and Quality of Service Provision of Network on Chips

Nowadays the number of cores that are integrated into NoC (Network on Chip) systems is steadily increasing, and real application traffic, running in such multi-core environments requires more and more bandwidth. In that sense, NoC architectures should be properly designed so as to provide efficient traffic engineering, as well as QoS support. Routing algorithm choice in conjunction with other parameters, such as network size and topology, traffic features (time and spatial distribution), as well as packet injection rate, packet size, and buffering capability, are all equivalently critical for designing a robust NoC architecture, on the grounds of traffic engineering and QoS provision. In this paper, a thorough numerical investigation is achieved by taking into consideration the criticality of selecting the proper routing algorithm, in conjunction with all the other aforementioned parameters. This is done via implementation of four routing evaluation traffic scenarios varying each parameter either individually, or as a set, thus exhausting all possible combinations, and making compact decisions on proper routing algorithm selection in NoC architectures. It has been shown that the simplicity of a deterministic routing algorithm such as XY, seems to be a reasonable choice, not only for random traffic patterns but also for non-uniform distributed traffic patterns, in terms of delay and throughput for 2D mesh NoC systems.

一种分类预计算QoS路由算法

为了满足Internet上各种网络应用的传输服务质量的需求,Internet工程任务组（IETF）先后提出了集成服务/资源预留模型（integrated service/resource reservation protocol,简称 IntServ/RSVP）、区分服务模型（differentiated service,简称DiffServ）以及从流量工程角度提出的多协议标记交换（multi protocol label switching,简称MPLS）.这些服务模型都需要一个与之相适应的QoS路由机制和算法,为不同的服务质量请求分配不同的路由.在研究各种现有的QoS路由算法的基础上,提出了一种以带宽为基本尺度的分类的最小代价路径优先算法（classified minimum cost path first,简称CCPF）.并通过计算机仿真,与其他相关算法进行了比较.结果证明,CCPF算法能在较小的时间复杂度内有效地计算并找出不同带宽区间的路由,可供多种服务模式作为候选路由使用.

一种交互式的Ad Hoc网络QoS路由算法

针对分簇结构的 Ad Hoc网络以及一些特定业务对于多个目标同时性能的要求 ,本文选取带宽作为约束条件 ,把时延和丢失率作为 Qo S优化目标 ,建立了 Qo S路由选择的多目标整数优化模型 ,并给出了求解模型的交互式算法 .该算法能够根据决策者的偏好以及网络的实际情况压缩目标空间 ,快速地找到满意路由 .

基于免疫——蚂蚁算法的多约束QoS路由选择

针对多约束QoS路由选择问题,将其转化为一个多约束赋权图最短路径问题,选择费用、带宽、时延、丢失率为QoS参数。借鉴人体免疫系统的适应能力和蚂蚁算法的全局寻优能力提出了一种新的融合算法即免疫——蚂蚁算法。免疫算法把目标函数和制约条件作为抗原,目标函数的优化解对应为抗体,使得求解过程的收敛方向得以控制;利用蚂蚁算法产生和更新抗体,抗体交叉、变异操作以及对与抗原亲和力高的抗体进行记忆,均能促进快速求解。实验结果表明:免疫——蚂蚁算法表现出了超越免疫算法和蚂蚁算法的优点,大幅度提高了路由选择的效率。