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In this paper, we analyze the performance of random load resampling and migration strategies in parallel server systems. Clients initially attach to an arbitrary server, but may switch server independently at random instants of time in an…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2010-04-12 A. Ganesh , S. Lilienthal , D. Manjunath , A. Proutiere , F. Simatos

The ever-increasing demand for data services and the proliferation of user equipment (UE) have resulted in a significant rise in the volume of mobile traffic. Moreover, in multi-band networks, non-uniform traffic distribution among…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-01-26 Saria Al Lahham , Di Wu , Ekram Hossain , Xue Liu , Gregory Dudek

Efficient load balancing is crucial in cloud computing environments to ensure optimal resource utilization, minimize response times, and prevent server overload. Traditional load balancing algorithms, such as round-robin or least…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-09-10 Kavish Chawla

Load balancing is prevalent in practical application (e.g., web) deployments seen today. One such load balancer, HAProxy, remains relevant as an open-source, easy-to-use system. In the context of web systems, the load balancer tier…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2023-01-02 Connor Rawls , Mohsen Amini Salehi

In the load balancing problem, each node in a network is assigned a load, and the goal is to equally distribute the loads among the nodes, by preforming local load exchanges. While load balancing was extensively studied in static networks,…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2021-05-28 Seth Gilbert , Uri Meir , Ami Paz , Gregory Schwartzman

The Internet can be made more efficient and robust with hop-by-hop multipath routing: Each router on the path can split packets between multiple nexthops in order to 1) avoid failed links and 2) reduce traffic on congested links. Before…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-06-26 Klaus Schneider , Beichuan Zhang , Lotfi Benmohamed

Cloud computing has grown rapidly in recent years, mainly due to the sharp increase in data transferred over the internet. This growth makes load balancing a key part of cloud systems, as it helps distribute user requests across servers to…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-08-11 Shadman Sakib , Ajay Katangur , Rahul Dubey

This paper presents a scalability and load balancing study of the All-Path protocols, a family of distributed switching protocols based on path exploration. ARP-Path is the main protocol and it explores every possible path reaching from…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-03-28 Elisa Rojas , Guillermo Ibanez , Jose Manuel Gimenez-Guzman , Juan A. Carral

Application-layer multicast implements the multicast functionality at the application layer. The main goal of application-layer multicast is to construct and maintain efficient distribution structures between endhosts. In this paper we…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2011-02-01 Genge Bela , Haller Piroska

Application-layer multicast implements the multicast functionality at the application layer. The main goal of application-layer multicast is to construct and maintain efficient distribution structures between end-hosts. In this paper we…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2010-07-07 Bela Genge , Piroska Haller

Routing is central to networking performance, including: (1) latency in anycast services and websites served from multiple locations,(2) networking expenses and throughput in multi-homed enterprises, (3) the ability to keep traffic domestic…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-10-24 Xiao Song , John Heidemann

BGP-Multipath (BGP-M) is a multipath routing technique for load balancing. Distinct from other techniques deployed at a router inside an Autonomous System (AS), BGP-M is deployed at a border router that has installed multiple inter-domain…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-05-31 Jie Li , Vasileios Giotsas , Yangyang Wang , Shi Zhou

We devise novel techniques to obtain the downlink power inducing a given load in long-term evolution (LTE) systems, where we define load as the fraction of resource blocks in the time-frequency grid being requested by users from a given…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-15 Renato L. G. Cavalcante , Emmanuel Pollakis , Slawomir Stanczak

Cloud computing infrastructures increasingly rely on geographically distributed data centers to meet the growing demand for low latency, high availability, and cost-efficient service delivery. In this context, load balancing plays a…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2026-02-12 Saeid Aghasoleymani Najafabadi , Elaheh Nabavi Nia

The cloud datacenter has numerous hosts as well as application requests where resources are dynamic. The demands placed on the resource allocation are diverse. These factors could lead to load imbalances, which affect scheduling efficiency…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2022-11-07 Sakshi Chhabra , Ashutosh Kumar Singh

Load balancing arises as a fundamental problem, underlying the dimensioning and operation of many computing and communication systems, such as job routing in data center clusters, multipath communication, Big Data and queueing systems. In…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2022-10-12 Anam Tahir , Bastian Alt , Amr Rizk , Heinz Koeppl

Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) aims to support service providers to deploy various services in a more agile and cost-effective way. However, the softwarization and cloudification of network functions can result in severe congestion…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-02-24 Tuan-Minh Pham , Thi-Thuy-Lien Nguyen , Serge Fdida , Huynh Thi Thanh Binh

A Load Balancing Relay Algorithm (LBRA) was proposed to solve the unfair spectrum resource allocation in the traditional mobile MTC relay. In order to obtain reasonable use of spectrum resources, and a balanced MTC devices (MTCDs)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-09-07 Yifu Yang , Gang Wu , Weidang Lu , Yizhong Zhang

Single path routing that is currently used in the internet routers,is easy to implement as it simplifies the routing tables and packet flow paths. However it is not optimal and has shortcomings in utilizing the network resources optimally,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-01-07 Rashmi Singh , Yatindra Nath Singh , Anita Yadav

The increasing complexity of AI workloads, especially distributed Large Language Model (LLM) training, places significant strain on the networking infrastructure of parallel data centers and supercomputing systems. While Equal-Cost Multi-…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-10-25 Hasibul Jamil , Abdul Alim , Laurent Schares , Pavlos Maniotis , Liran Schour , Ali Sydney , Abdullah Kayi , Tevfik Kosar , Bengi Karacali