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This paper proposes a class-based multipath routing algorithm to support Quality of Service (QoS). The algorithm is called Two-level Class-based Routing with Prediction (TCRP). Since frequently flooding routing information is very expensive for dynamic routing, the TCRP is designed to have the traffic load information monitored in one stable period as a guide to control traffic forwarding in the next stable period. The monitoring function is implemented by adopting the leaky bucket mechanism. In TCRP, the path selection function can utilize resources on multipath to achieve load balancing, increase network throughput and reduce the queuing delay. The extensive simulation is conducted to analyze the performance of the TCRP algorithm. The simulation results show that the TCRP can reduce packet drops and increase network throughput in any size network topology.
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Chen, B., Latifi, S. Traffic load monitoring and load balancing for the Internet. Cluster Computing 3, 139–150 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1019080104072
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