Route Reply in AODV
n An intermediate node (not the destination) may also send a
Route Reply (RREP) provided that it knows a more recent
path than the one previously known to sender S
n To determine whether the path known to an intermediate
node is more recent, destination sequence numbers are
used
n The likelihood that an intermediate node will send a Route
Reply when using AODV not very high
A new Route Request by node S for a destination is assigned a
higher destination sequence number. An intermediate node which
knows a route, but with a smaller sequence number, cannot send
Route Reply