1. The document discusses load aware and load balancing techniques using multipath routing in mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs).
2. It notes that effective load balancing is challenging in MANETs due to their dynamic nature and topology changes. Nodes can differ significantly in communication and processing capabilities.
3. The paper proposes identifying multiple routing backbones from source to destination using intermediate nodes with better capabilities, to improve load balancing, quality of service, and congestion control based on network traffic levels and node loads.