Optimized Link State Routing Protocol

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Diagram of OLSR data flow.

The Optimized Link State Routing Protocol (OLSR)[1] is an IP routing protocol optimized for mobile ad hoc networks, which can also be used on other wireless ad hoc networks. OLSR is a proactive link-state routing protocol, which uses hello and topology control (TC) messages to discover and then disseminate link state information throughout the mobile ad hoc network. Individual nodes use this topology information to compute next hop destinations for all nodes in the network using shortest hop forwarding paths.

  1. ^ Thomas Heide Clausen; Philippe Jacquet (October 2003). Optimized Link State Routing Protocol (OLSR). IETF. doi:10.17487/RFC3626. RFC 3626. Retrieved 22 October 2024.