Thomas Kunz
Systems and Computer Engineering
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Information Bases
nRoute Information Base (RIB) - how to reach a
destination
–[destination,
next hop, distance]
nNeighbor Information Base (NIB) - status of direct
neighbors
–[neighbor,
status]
nHello Information Base (HIB) - status of destination
(via next hop)
–[destination,
status, next hop]
nAlias Information Base (AIB) - address of nodes outside
the net
–[original
MSAP address, alias MSAP address]
nSource Multipoint Relay Information Base (SMRIB) -
current MP status
–[local
multipoint forwarder, multipoint relay set]
nTopology Information Base (TIB) - current HIPERLAN
topology
–[destination,
forwarder, sequence]
nDuplicate Detection Information Base (DDIB) - remove
duplicates
–[source,
sequence]