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An optimal routing strategy on scale-free networks

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  • Yibo Yang

    (School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, P. R. China)

  • Honglin Zhao

    (School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, P. R. China)

  • Jinlong Ma

    (#x2020;School of Information Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang Tiedao University, Shijiazhuang 050043, P. R. China)

  • Zhaohui Qi

    (#x2020;School of Information Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang Tiedao University, Shijiazhuang 050043, P. R. China)

  • Yongbin Zhao

    (#x2020;School of Information Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang Tiedao University, Shijiazhuang 050043, P. R. China)

Abstract

Traffic is one of the most fundamental dynamical processes in networked systems. With the traditional shortest path routing (SPR) protocol, traffic congestion is likely to occur on the hub nodes on scale-free networks. In this paper, we propose an improved optimal routing (IOR) strategy which is based on the betweenness centrality and the degree centrality of nodes in the scale-free networks. With the proposed strategy, the routing paths can accurately bypass hub nodes in the network to enhance the transport efficiency. Simulation results show that the traffic capacity as well as some other indexes reflecting transportation efficiency are further improved with the IOR strategy. Owing to the significantly improved traffic performance, this study is helpful to design more efficient routing strategies in communication or transportation systems.

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  • Yibo Yang & Honglin Zhao & Jinlong Ma & Zhaohui Qi & Yongbin Zhao, 2017. "An optimal routing strategy on scale-free networks," International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 28(07), pages 1-12, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijmpcx:v:28:y:2017:i:07:n:s0129183117500875
    DOI: 10.1142/S0129183117500875
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