Enhancing transmission capacity of weighted networks

How to control the traffic congestion and improve the transmission capacity of weighted network is of great importance in real world networks. In some weighted networks, the weight is the geographic distance between nodes. The transmission capacity of weighted network is investigated according to different node delivery capability schemes. In the schemes that delivery capability of each node is proportional to its degree and proportional to its strength, the transmission capacity can be enhanced greatly after deleting some edges while the network integrity is still maintained. Simulations show that deleting edges according to their original weight is proved to be more effective. It is of great practical importance in designing the network topological structure. © 2016 SERSC.