@inproceedings{72629fa88ec54116a595c1108872c46a,
title = "Distributed dynamic load balancing in wireless networks",
abstract = "Spatial and temporal load variations, e.g. flash overloads and traffic hot spots that persist for minutes to hours, are intrinsic features of wireless networks, and give rise to potentially huge performance repercussions. Dynamic load balancing strategies provide a natural mechanism for dealing with load fluctuations and alleviating the performance impact. In the present paper we propose a distributed shadow-price-based approach to dynamic load balancing in wireless data networks. We examine two related problem versions: (i) minimizing a convex function of the transmitter loads for given user throughput requirements; and (ii) maximizing a concave function of the user throughputs subject to constraints on the transmitter loads. As conceptual counterparts, these two formulations turn out to be amenable to a common primal-dual decomposition framework. Numerical experiments show that dynamic load balancing yields significant performance gains in terms of user throughputs and delays, even in scenarios where the long-term loads are perfectly balanced.",
author = "S.C. Borst and I. Saniee and P.A. Whiting",
year = "2007",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-540-72990-7_88",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-3-540-72989-1",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science",
publisher = "Springer",
pages = "1024--1037",
editor = "L. Mason and T. Drwiega and J. Yan",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 20th International Teletraffic Congress on Managing Traffic Performance in Converged Networks (ITC-20) 17-21 June 2007, Ottawa, Canada",
address = "Germany",
note = "conference; ITC 20, Ottawa, Canada; 2007-06-17; 2007-06-21 ; Conference date: 17-06-2007 Through 21-06-2007",
}