- Short-circuiting
the Route Discovery operation:
- If a node receives a
ROUTE REQUEST
and the
node has a
source route to the
destination:
- The node can
terminite the
ROUTE REQUEST
prematurely
and
- The node will send a ROUTE REPLY message back to the requester !!!
- The node can
terminite the
ROUTE REQUEST
prematurely
and
- If a node receives a
ROUTE REQUEST
and the
node has a
source route to the
destination:
- Example:
- Node A sends a
REQUEST REQUEST to find
a route to D:
- Node Y does
not
have a route to
D and will
forward the
ROUTE REQUEST:
- Node X does
have a
source route and
can reply with a
ROUTE REPLY message:
- Node A sends a
REQUEST REQUEST to find
a route to D: