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Delay Optimization Via Packet Scheduling for Multi-Path Routing in Wireless Networks

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In this paper, the delay optimization problem of multi-path routing in wireless networks is studied. We propose a packet scheduling algorithm weighted shortest delay (WSD) for multi-path routing with the objective minimizing the total weighted delay of a set of packets. To solve the issue of differentiated quality of service, WSD algorithm assigns a nonnegative weight for each packet of every kind of wireless network application. At each network node along the path from source to destination, whenever a link of the node becomes idle, WSD algorithm transmits the packet with largest ratio of its weight to packet length among available packets which have arrived but not yet transmitted. Theoretical analysis proves that WSD algorithm is asymptotically optimal for the total weighted delay of transmitted packets if the arrival times, weights and transmission times of packets are bounded. Real experiment results further verify that WSD algorithm can enhance the delay performance of multi-path routing protocol profoundly.

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Acknowledgments

This work is supported by the National Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos. 61301159, 61273047 and 11471003, the Natural Science Foundation of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China under Grant No. 13KJB1100188, Chen Guang project supported by Shanghai Municipal Education Commission and Shanghai Education Development Foundation under Grant No. 13CG18.

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  1. College of Command Information Systems, PLA Science and Technology University, Nanjing, 210007, China

    Jian Chen & Guyu Hu

  2. School of Electronic Science and Engineering, National Unversity of Defense Technology, Changsha, 410073, China

    Hong Zhang

  3. Department of Information and Communication, Tongji University, Shanghai, 201804, China

    Xinlin Huang

  4. School of Mathematical Science and Institute of Mathematics, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, China

    Xiaoyan Zhang

  5. Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE, Enschede, The Netherlands

    Xiaoyan Zhang

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Chen, J., Zhang, H., Hu, G. et al. Delay Optimization Via Packet Scheduling for Multi-Path Routing in Wireless Networks. Wireless Pers Commun 82, 2637–2654 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-015-2370-x

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