ROUTE SELECTION IN WIRELESS NETWORKS

摘要

A system and method for discovering a route between a source node and a destination node in a wireless network including setting an intermediate reply flag of a route request message by the source node, flooding the wireless network with the route request message and responding to the route request message with route reply message by a first intermediate node having a valid route to the destination node, are described. Also described are a system and method for discovering a best route in which case the route reply message becomes a first route reply message. The system and method for discovering a best route includes selecting by the destination on the best route between itself and the source node based on cumulative metrics received in route request messages received by the destination node, creating a further route reply message and unicasting the further route reply message to the source node.