Thomas Kunz
Systems and
Computer Engineering
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Dynamic
Source Routing Protocol
lWhy DSR
uPopular on-demand protocol
uGood performance, complex, packet salvaging
lRoute Discovery and Route Maintenance
uWhen node S wants to send a packet to node D, but does
not know a route to D, node S initiates a route discovery
uSource node S floods Route Request (RREQ)
uEach node appends own identifier when forwarding RREQ