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routing protocol

A formula used by routers to determine the appropriate path onto which data should be forwarded. The routing protocol also specifies how routers report changes and share information with the other routers in the network that they can reach. A routing protocol allows the network to dynamically adjust to changing conditions, otherwise all routing decisions have to be predetermined and remain static. See content-addressable memory, router, routing table, RIP, OSPF, IGRP, EGP and BGP.


A Routing Table
This is a simple example of a routing table, showing how packets are directed out the appropriate port.
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Localization-Based Routing Protocols. A vector-based forwarding (VBF) routing protocol is proposed in literature [14].
An Energy Efficient Routing Protocol Based on Layers and Unequal Clusters in Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks
In this paper, we modeled MAC layer routing protocol for constructive energy exhaustion and throughput which would consume lesser energy than the existing protocol so as to inculcate the real time holder of the slot and non owner data for medical applications.
Time stationed traffic prioritization protocol for wireless body area network (WBAN)--modeling and energy consumption analysis
In Dynamic Source Routing protocol (DSR) [6], each node contains a route cache and with new route the cache is updated.
IMPACT OF SLEEPING NODES ON THE PERFORMANCE OF PROACTIVE AND REACTIVE ROUTING PROTOCOLS IN MOBILE AD HOC NETWORK
AODV is a reactive routing protocol that searches for routes on demand.
Optimization Approach for Throughput and Lifetime Maximization of Energy Aware MANET
During simulation it is considered that there are two paths that are discovered in the routing protocol. Performance of protocol is tested using software NS2 (based on discrete event on the LINUX).
Survey on Single Path and Multipath Energy Efficient Routing Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks
Currently there are a number of published survey papers regarding the routing protocol in UWSNs[2,10,12-19].
REVIEW ON ENERGY EFFICIENT OPPORTUNISTIC ROUTING PROTOCOL FOR UNDERWATER WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS
The DYMO routing protocol uses hop by hop routing mechanism, if A Node (source) need to send data to D Node (destination), (A) will flood the network by broadcast RREQ packet to all the other neighboring nodes in the network, (B) Node (intermediate node) broadcast received RREQ packet after adds itself to RREQ packet, if the node (D) receives the RREQ packet, it passes the RREP packet to the sender node A by unicast RREP packet.
An Intelligent Routing Protocol Based on DYMO for MANET
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