An Efficient Load Balancing Mechanism in Distributed Virtual Environments

Abstract

ABSTRACT⎯A distributed virtual environment (DVE) allows multiple geographically distributed objects to interact concurrently in a shared virtual space. Most DVE applications use a non-replicated server architecture, which dynamically partitions a virtual space. An important issue in this system is effective scalability as the number of users increases. However, it is hard to provide suitable load balancing because of the unpredictable movements of users and hot-spot locations. Therefore, we propose a mechanism for sharing roles and separating service regions. The proposed mechanism reduces unnecessary partitions of short duration and supports efficient load balancing.Keywords⎯Distributed virtual environments, load balancing, partitioning algorithm, scalability issue.

A dynamic management scheme for DVEs

“…However, even though it considers awareness of spatial locality in a virtual space, the method also leads to frequent region migrations. A new mechanism for sharing roles and separating service regions (SRSS) was proposed (Jang and Yoo, 2008), which reduced unnecessary partitions of short duration. Furthermore, an adaptive strategy that takes into account the non-linear behavior of DVE servers has been presented (Beatrice et al, 2002) with local scope for the load balancing technique.…”