MAODV (cont)
n First node to join a group becomes leader
n Leader periodically broadcasts group hello messages
(including updated group sequence number)
n Multicast tree based on hard state, nodes joining or leaving
require action to reconfigure the tree
n Downstream nodes who detect link failure will try to
reconnect to tree
n In case of network partition, two trees get established, after
network partitions merge, multicast trees are merged again
as well.
Ø One node will receive two group hello messages for some
multicast group and will ask the leader with lower ID for
permission to reconnect and will do so by joining multicast group