Dynamic Load Balancing Techniques in the IoT: A Review

The Internet of things (IoT) extends the Internet space by allowing smart things to sense and/or interact with the physical environment and communicate with other physical objects (or things) around us. In IoT, sensors, actuators, smart devices, cameras, protocols, and cloud services are used to support many intelligent applications such as environmental monitoring, traffic monitoring, remote monitoring of patients, security surveillance, and smart home automation. To optimize the usage of an IoT network, certain challenges must be addressed such as energy constraints, scalability, reliability, heterogeneity, security, privacy, routing, quality of service (QoS), and congestion. To avoid congestion in IoT, efficient load balancing (LB) is needed for distributing traffic loads among different routes. To this end, this survey presents the IoT architectures and the networking paradigms (i.e., edge–fog–cloud paradigms) adopted in these architectures. Then, it analyzes and compares previous related surveys on LB in the IoT. It reviews and classifies dynamic LB techniques in the IoT for cloud and edge/fog networks. Lastly, it presents some lessons learned and open research issues.

Load Prediction Model of Athletes' Physical Training Competition Based on Nonlinear Algorithm Combined with Ultrasound

In order to provide theoretical support and ideas for the "dose" of high-stakes physical activity in athletics, the author has developed models for athletic competition based on nonlinear techniques together with ultrasound. Based on test data, average mean estimation method, and nonlinear regression model estimates, 52 points (46 test points, 6 point estimates) is enrolled in the highest voltage and maximum voltage measurement based on the BP neural network model. The estimation method was developed and the accuracy of the estimation of our estimation method was compared and evaluated using the estimation data. Experimental results show that the average relative error of the average estimate compared to the accuracy of the bench press was 25%, the standard estimate which is not linear regression is 31%, and BP neural network model estimation is 9%. Compared with the accuracy of the assumption of half squatting, the average relative error of the estimated velocity is 13%, the standard nonlinear regression estimate is 20%, and BP neural network model estimated method is 9%. The BP neural network predicts the method with the best performance and intelligence, but its actual functioning and application are complex. The average speed estimate is the most appropriate for use, but the equipment must be high. The process of estimating a linear regression model requires minimal equipment, but its prediction error is high.

A Survey of Swarm Intelligence Based Load Balancing Techniques in Cloud Computing Environment

Cloud computing offers flexible, interactive, and observable access to shared resources on the Internet. It frees users from the requirements of managing computing on their hardware. It enables users to not only store their data and computing over the internet but also can access it whenever and wherever it is required. The frequent use of smart devices has helped cloud computing to realize the need for its rapid growth. As more users are adapting to the cloud environment, the focus has been placed on load balancing. Load balancing allocates tasks or resources to different devices. In cloud computing, and load balancing has played a major role in the efficient usage of resources for the highest performance. This requirement results in the development of algorithms that can optimally assign resources while managing load and improving quality of service (QoS). This paper provides a survey of load balancing algorithms inspired by swarm intelligence (SI). The algorithms considered in the discussion are Genetic Algorithm, BAT Algorithm, Ant Colony, Grey Wolf, Artificial Bee Colony, Particle Swarm, Whale, Social Spider, Dragonfly, and Raven roosting Optimization. An analysis of the main objectives, area of applications, and targeted issues of each algorithm (with advancements) is presented. In addition, performance analysis has been performed based on average response time, data center processing time, and other quality parameters.