diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c908bfa..d775ae5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -26,11 +26,44 @@ version = "1.0.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9330f8b2ff13f34540b44e946ef35111825727b38d33286ef986142615121801"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "chacha20"
+version = "0.10.0-rc.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "99cbf41c6ec3c4b9eaf7f8f5c11a72cd7d3aa0428125c20d5ef4d09907a0f019"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "cpufeatures",
+ "rand_core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "cpufeatures"
+version = "0.2.17"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "59ed5838eebb26a2bb2e58f6d5b5316989ae9d08bab10e0e6d103e656d1b0280"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "getrandom"
+version = "0.3.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "899def5c37c4fd7b2664648c28120ecec138e4d395b459e5ca34f9cce2dd77fd"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "r-efi",
+ "wasip2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "l4lb"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anywho",
+ "rand",
  "tokio",
 ]
 
@@ -107,6 +140,29 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "r-efi"
+version = "5.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "69cdb34c158ceb288df11e18b4bd39de994f6657d83847bdffdbd7f346754b0f"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rand"
+version = "0.10.0-rc.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "be866deebbade98028b705499827ad6967c8bb1e21f96a2609913c8c076e9307"
+dependencies = [
+ "chacha20",
+ "getrandom",
+ "rand_core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rand_core"
+version = "0.10.0-rc-2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "104a23e4e8b77312a823b6b5613edbac78397e2f34320bc7ac4277013ec4478e"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "redox_syscall"
 version = "0.5.18"
@@ -198,6 +254,15 @@ version = "0.11.1+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ccf3ec651a847eb01de73ccad15eb7d99f80485de043efb2f370cd654f4ea44b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wasip2"
+version = "1.0.1+wasi-0.2.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0562428422c63773dad2c345a1882263bbf4d65cf3f42e90921f787ef5ad58e7"
+dependencies = [
+ "wit-bindgen",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-link"
 version = "0.2.1"
@@ -286,3 +351,9 @@ name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
 version = "0.53.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d6bbff5f0aada427a1e5a6da5f1f98158182f26556f345ac9e04d36d0ebed650"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wit-bindgen"
+version = "0.46.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f17a85883d4e6d00e8a97c586de764dabcc06133f7f1d55dce5cdc070ad7fe59"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ad17095..a4a9d43 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ edition = "2024"
 [dependencies]
 anywho = "0.1.2"
 tokio = { version = "1.48.0", features = ["full"] }
+rand = "0.10.0-rc.5"
diff --git a/src/backend/health.rs b/src/backend/health.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/src/backend/mod.rs b/src/backend/mod.rs
index 9efcfc2..1058fc3 100644
--- a/src/backend/mod.rs
+++ b/src/backend/mod.rs
@@ -1,22 +1,53 @@
+pub mod health;
+
 use core::fmt;
 use std::net::SocketAddr;
 use std::sync::RwLock;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
 
+// Physical server information
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct Server {
+    pub endpoints: Arc<Vec<Arc<Backend>>>,
+    pub metrics: Arc<RwLock<ServerHealth>>,
+}
+
+// Physical server health statistics, used for certain load balancing algorithms
+#[derive(Debug, Default)]
+pub struct ServerHealth {
+    pub cpu: f64,
+    pub mem: f64,
+    pub net: f64,
+    pub io: f64,
+}
+
+impl ServerHealth {
+    pub fn update(&mut self, cpu: f64, mem: f64, net: f64, io: f64) {
+        self.cpu = cpu;
+        self.mem = mem;
+        self.net = net;
+        self.io = io;
+    }
+}
+
+// A possible endpoint for a proxied connection.
+// Note that multiple may live on the same server, hence the Arc<RwLock<ServerMetric>>
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct Backend {
     pub id: String,
     pub address: SocketAddr,
     pub active_connections: AtomicUsize,
+    pub metrics: Arc<RwLock<ServerHealth>>,
 }
 
 impl Backend {
-    pub fn new(id: String, address: SocketAddr) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(id: String, address: SocketAddr, server_metrics: Arc<RwLock<ServerHealth>>) -> Self {
         Self {
             id: id.to_string(),
             address,
             active_connections: AtomicUsize::new(0),
+            metrics: server_metrics,
         }
     }
 
@@ -40,19 +71,18 @@ impl fmt::Display for Backend {
     }
 }
 
+// A set of endpoints that can be load balanced around.
+// Each Balancer owns one of these. Backend instances may be shared
+// with other Balancer instances, hence Arc<Backend>.
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct BackendPool {
-    pub backends: Arc<RwLock<Vec<Arc<Backend>>>>,
+    pub backends: Arc<Vec<Arc<Backend>>>,
 }
 
 impl BackendPool {
-    pub fn new() -> Self {
+    pub fn new(backends: Vec<Arc<Backend>>) -> Self {
         BackendPool {
-            backends: Arc::new(RwLock::new(Vec::new())),
+            backends: Arc::new(backends),
         }
     }
-
-    pub fn add(&self, backend: Backend) {
-        self.backends.write().unwrap().push(Arc::new(backend));
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/balancer/adaptive_weight.rs b/src/balancer/adaptive_weight.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cffd531
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/balancer/adaptive_weight.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+use std::sync::{Arc, RwLock};
+use std::fmt::Debug;
+use std::fs::Metadata;
+use crate::backend::{Backend, BackendPool, ServerHealth};
+use crate::balancer::Balancer;
+use rand::prelude::*;
+use rand::rngs::SmallRng;
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct AdaptiveNode {
+    backend: Arc<Backend>,
+    weight: f64,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct AdaptiveWeightBalancer {
+    pool: Vec<AdaptiveNode>,
+    coefficients: [f64; 4],
+    alpha: f64,
+    rng: SmallRng,
+}
+
+impl AdaptiveWeightBalancer {
+    pub fn new(pool: BackendPool, coefficients: [f64; 4], alpha: f64) -> Self {
+        let nodes = pool.backends
+            .iter()
+            .map(|b| AdaptiveNode {
+                backend: b.clone(),
+                weight: 0f64,
+            })
+            .collect();
+
+        AdaptiveWeightBalancer {
+            pool: nodes,
+            coefficients,
+            alpha,
+            rng: SmallRng::from_rng(&mut rand::rng())
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn metrics_to_weight(&self, metrics: &ServerHealth) -> f64 {
+        self.coefficients[0] * metrics.cpu +
+        self.coefficients[1] * metrics.mem +
+        self.coefficients[2] * metrics.net +
+        self.coefficients[3] * metrics.io
+    }
+}
+
+impl Balancer for AdaptiveWeightBalancer {
+    fn choose_backend(&mut self) -> Option<Arc<Backend>> {
+        if self.pool.is_empty() {
+            return None;
+        }
+
+        // Compute remaining capacity R_i = 100 - composite_load
+        let mut r_sum = 0.0;
+        let mut w_sum = 0.0;
+        let mut l_sum = 0;
+
+        for node in &self.pool {
+            if let Ok(health) = node.backend.metrics.read() {
+                r_sum += self.metrics_to_weight(&health);
+            }
+            w_sum += node.weight;
+            l_sum += node.backend.active_connections
+                .load(std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed);
+        }
+
+        let safe_w_sum = w_sum.max(1e-12);
+        let threshold = self.alpha * (r_sum / safe_w_sum);
+
+        for idx in 0..self.pool.len() {
+            let node = &self.pool[idx];
+
+            if node.weight <= 0.001 { continue; }
+
+            let risk = match node.backend.metrics.read() {
+                Ok(h) => self.metrics_to_weight(&h),
+                Err(_) => f64::MAX,
+            };
+
+            let ratio = risk / node.weight;
+
+            if ratio <= threshold {
+                return Some(node.backend.clone());
+            }
+        }
+
+        // If any server satisfies Ri/Wi <= threshold, it means the server
+        // is relatively overloaded, and we must adjust its weight using
+        // formula (6).
+        let mut total_lwi = 0.0;
+        let l_sum_f64 = l_sum as f64;
+
+        for node in &self.pool {
+            let load = node.backend.active_connections
+                .load(std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed) as f64;
+            let weight = node.weight.max(1e-12);
+            let lwi = load * (safe_w_sum / weight) * l_sum_f64;
+            total_lwi += lwi;
+        }
+
+        let avg_lwi = (total_lwi / self.pool.len() as f64).max(1e-12);
+
+        // Compute Li = Wi / Ri and choose server minimizing Li.
+        let mut best_backend: Option<Arc<Backend>> = None;
+        let mut min_load = usize::MAX;
+
+        for node in &mut self.pool {
+            let load = node.backend.active_connections
+                .load(std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed);
+            let load_f64 = load as f64;
+            let weight = node.weight.max(1e-12);
+
+            let lwi = load_f64 * (safe_w_sum / weight) * l_sum_f64;
+
+            let adj = 1.0 - (lwi / avg_lwi);
+            node.weight += adj;
+
+            node.weight = node.weight.clamp(0.1, 100.0);
+            if load < min_load {
+                min_load = load;
+                best_backend = Some(node.backend.clone());
+            }
+        }
+
+        match best_backend {
+            Some(backend) => Some(backend),
+            None => {
+                let i = (self.rng.next_u32() as usize) % self.pool.len();
+                Some(self.pool[i].backend.clone())
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/balancer/ip_hashing.rs b/src/balancer/ip_hashing.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7edf986
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/balancer/ip_hashing.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+use super::*;
+pub fn test() {
+    println!("Hello from RR");
+}
diff --git a/src/balancer/least_connections.rs b/src/balancer/least_connections.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4563e55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/balancer/least_connections.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+use super::*;
diff --git a/src/balancer/mod.rs b/src/balancer/mod.rs
index 555f6c2..e5a280e 100644
--- a/src/balancer/mod.rs
+++ b/src/balancer/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 pub mod round_robin;
+pub mod adaptive_weight;
+pub mod least_connections;
+pub mod ip_hashing;
 
 use std::fmt::Debug;
 use std::sync::Arc;
@@ -6,4 +9,4 @@ use crate::backend::Backend;
 
 pub trait Balancer: Debug + Send + Sync + 'static {
     fn choose_backend(&mut self) -> Option<Arc<Backend>>;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/balancer/round_robin.rs b/src/balancer/round_robin.rs
index 3269a69..dc41510 100644
--- a/src/balancer/round_robin.rs
+++ b/src/balancer/round_robin.rs
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ impl RoundRobinBalancer {
 
 impl Balancer for RoundRobinBalancer {
     fn choose_backend(&mut self) -> Option<Arc<Backend>> {
-        let backends = self.pool.backends.read().unwrap();
+        let backends = self.pool.backends.clone();
         if backends.is_empty() { return None; }
 
         let backend = backends[self.index % backends.len()].clone();
         self.index = self.index.wrapping_add(1);
         Some(backend)
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 6c59f64..adbbc17 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 // define sets of backends
 // allowed set operations for now is just union
 // rules are ip + mask and ports, maps to some of the sets
-//  defined earlier, along with a routing strategy
\ No newline at end of file
+//  defined earlier, along with a routing strategy
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 2b4a373..136bf49 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ mod proxy;
 
 use tokio::net::TcpListener;
 use tokio::io::{AsyncReadExt, AsyncWriteExt};
-use std::sync::Arc;
-use std::sync::atomic::AtomicU64;
-use crate::backend::{Backend, BackendPool};
+use std::sync::{Arc, RwLock};
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU64, Ordering};
+use crate::backend::{Backend, BackendPool, ServerHealth};
 use crate::balancer::Balancer;
 use crate::balancer::round_robin::RoundRobinBalancer;
 use crate::proxy::tcp::proxy_tcp_connection;
@@ -18,26 +18,29 @@ static NEXT_CONN_ID: AtomicU64 = AtomicU64::new(1);
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
-    let pool = BackendPool::new();
-
-    pool.add(Backend::new(
+    let mut pool: Vec<Arc<Backend>> = Vec::new();
+    let server_metric = Arc::new(RwLock::new(ServerHealth::default()));
+    
+    pool.push(Arc::new(Backend::new(
         "backend 1".into(),
         "127.0.0.1:8081".parse().unwrap(),
-    ));
+        server_metric.clone()
+    )));
 
-    pool.add(Backend::new(
+    pool.push(Arc::new(Backend::new(
         "backend 2".into(),
         "127.0.0.1:8082".parse().unwrap(),
-    ));
+        server_metric.clone()
+    )));
 
-    let mut balancer = RoundRobinBalancer::new(pool.clone());
+    let mut balancer = RoundRobinBalancer::new(BackendPool::new(pool));
 
     let listener = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:8080").await?;
 
     loop {
         let (socket, _) = listener.accept().await?;
 
-        let conn_id = NEXT_CONN_ID.fetch_add(1, std::sync::atomic::Ordering::SeqCst);
+        let conn_id = NEXT_CONN_ID.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
 
         if let Some(backend) = balancer.choose_backend() {
             tokio::spawn(async move {
diff --git a/src/proxy/mod.rs b/src/proxy/mod.rs
index 7b8e6df..e202bda 100644
--- a/src/proxy/mod.rs
+++ b/src/proxy/mod.rs
@@ -40,4 +40,4 @@ impl Drop for ConnectionContext {
             duration.as_secs_f64()
         );
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/proxy/tcp.rs b/src/proxy/tcp.rs
index c03bfb6..b8eb0b2 100644
--- a/src/proxy/tcp.rs
+++ b/src/proxy/tcp.rs
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ pub async fn proxy_tcp_connection(connection_id: u64, mut client_stream: TcpStre
     ctx.bytes_transferred = tx + rx;
 
     Ok(())
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}