TY  - JOUR
T1  - A Multi-path Routing Mechanism with Local Optimization for Load Balancing in the Tactical Backbone Network
AU  - Kim, Yongsin 
AU  - Kim, Younghan 
JO  - Journal of KIISE, JOK
PY  - 2014
DA  - 2014/9/14
DO  - 
KW  - multi-path routing
KW  - local optimization
KW  - load balancing
KW  - tactical backbone network
AB  - In this paper, we propose MPLO(Multi-Path routing with Local Optimization) for load balancing in the tactical backbone network. The MPLO manages global metric and local metric separately. The global metric is propagated to other routers via a routing protocol and is used for configuring loop-free multi-path. The local metric reflecting link utilization is used to find an alternate path when congestion occurs. We verified MPLO could effectively distribute user traffic among available routers by simulation.