AODV routing protocol
4.0
AODV, routes are discovered in an on-demand basis and are maintained as long as they are required. Like DSDV it maintains a sequence number, which it increases each time it finds a change in the topology of its neighborhood. This sequence number ensures that the most recent route is selected for execution of the route discovery. AODV is able to provide unicast, multicast and broadcast communication ability. Combination of the three makes it an advantageous protocol. AODV is capable of operating on both wired and wireless media, although it has been designed specifically for wireless domain. Route tabl