Indian Journal of Information Sciences and Computer Application.
Volume 1, Number 1 (2013), pp. 19-30
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Improving Fault Tolerance and Quality of Service in
Wireless Networks using Weighted
Clustering Algorithm
S.K.B. Rathika
1
and S.K.B. Sangeetha
2
1
Assistant Professor, Department Of Computer Science and Engineering,
SNS College of Engineering.
2
Assistant Professor, Department Of Computer Science and Engineering,
Vellammal Engineering College.
E-mail: rathika.skb@gmail.com, rathika.skb@gmail.com
Abstract
A Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANET) is a collection of two or more
mobile devices (e.g. PDAs, laptop, cell phones, etc.), with multi-hop
wireless communication. This paper introduces a new type of
algorithm called Enhancement on Weighted Clustering Algorithm
[EWCA] to improve the load balancing and the stability in the
MANET. And then it reduces the cluster over head. The cluster head
that is selected efficiently based on these factors like, high
transmission power, transmission range, distance mobility, battery
power and energy. Since the cluster head will not be changed
dynamically it takes more times to change the cluster head, average
number of cluster formation will be reduced. By applying the load
balancing factor, the over head in the cluster is reduced. In this
simulation study, a comparison was conducted to measure the
performance of our algorithm with original weighted clustering
algorithm [WCA] in terms of numbers of clusters formed with
satisfying load balancing, topology stability, and number of cluster
head change is reduced.
Index Terms: Mobile ad-hoc networks, weighted clustering algorithm,
load balancing.