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A Comparative Performance Evaluation of A load-balancing Algorithm using Contiki: “RPL vs QU-RPL”
  The RPL (Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks) has emerged within constrained networks as the de-facto IPv6 routing standard, which entangles many concepts that make it a complex, albeit a rather flexible protocol. However, load balancing has been underemphasized, making it an essential and practical issue of RPL, given the resource-constrained nature of a low-powered and lossy network (LLN). In this paper, we aim at determining whether a suggested load-balancing schemenamed QU-RPL (Queue utilization based RPL) can be considered as a viable solution to the significant loadbalancing problem in the standardised RPL under some specific conditions. Hence, our results show that QU-RPL does not provide significant improvements over RPL under the simulated environment, and there is still a further need for the development of a more efficient load-balancing mechanism.

  • Type:

    Article

  • Date:

    25 August 2020

  • Publication Status:

    Published

  • Publisher

    The World Academy of Research in Science and Engineering

  • DOI:

    10.30534/ijatcse/2020/384942020

  • Cross Ref:

    10.30534/ijatcse/2020/384942020

  • Funders:

    Edinburgh Napier Funded

Citation

Stoyanov, S., Ghaleb, B., & Ghaleb, S. (2020). A Comparative Performance Evaluation of A load-balancing Algorithm using Contiki: “RPL vs QU-RPL”. International Journal of Advanced Trends in Computer Science and Engineering, 9(4), 6834-6839. https://doi.org/10.30534/ijatcse/2020/384942020

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Keywords

Internet-of-Things, Load Balancing, Low-power and Lossy Networks, Routing, RPL, QU-RPL

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