Load balancing in a drone swarm network

Abstract

The paper presents a mathematical formalization of the link weight between nodes, and also formulates an optimization problem to minimize the maximum load in the network. A modified Dijkstra algorithm is used to find the optimal path for transmitting traffic. The results of a simulation experiment performed in the NS-3 environment showed a reduction in packet loss, stabilization of delays, and equalization of energy consumption between drones compared to fixed routing schemes.