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Highly dynamic Destination-Sequenced Distance-Vector routing (DSDV) for mobile computers

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Perkins, Charles E., Bhagwat, Pravin·1994·ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review

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An ad-hoc network is the cooperative engagement of a collection of Mobile Hosts without the required intervention of any centralized Access Point. In this paper we present an innovative design for the operation of such ad-hoc networks. The basic idea of the design is to operate each Mobile Host as a specialized router, which periodically advertises its view of the interconnection topology with other Mobile Hosts within the network. This amounts to a new sort of routing protocol. We have investigated modifications to the basic Bellman-Ford routing mechanisms, as specified by RIP [5], to make it suitable for a dynamic and self-starting network mechanism as is required by users wishing to utilize ad hoc networks. Our modifications address some of the previous objections to the use of Bellman-Ford, related to the poor looping properties of such algorithms in the face of broken links and the resulting time dependent nature of the interconnection topology describing the links between the Mobile Hosts. Finally, we describe the ways in which the basic network-layer routing can be modified to provide MAC-layer support for ad-hoc networks.

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Authors
Perkins, C. E., & Bhagwat, P.
Venue
ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review
Published
1994-10
Volume
24
Issue
4
Pages
234-244
ISSN
0146-4833 (ISSN-L)
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6,678
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9.85
Type
journal article
Language
en
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