Search-based routing in wireless mesh network

EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking

Table 1 Comparison of routing protocols

	Type of protocol	Hello message	Multicasting	Routing metrics	Loop free	Scalability	Reliability	Load balancing
DSR	Reactive	No	No	Shortest path	Yes	No	Yes	No
AODV	Reactive	Yes	Yes	Shortest path	Yes	No	Yes	No
LQSR	Reactive	Yes	Yes	Hop count, RTT, ETX	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
DSDV	Proactive	No	No	Shortest path	Yes	No	Yes	No
OLSR	Proactive	Yes	No	Shortest path	Yes	No	Yes	No
MRP	Proactive	No	Yes	Hop count, QoS metrics	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes