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RFC 7185: Link Metrics for the Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET) Routing Protocol OLSRv2 - Rationale

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The Optimized Link State Routing Protocol version 2 (OLSRv2) includes the ability to assign metrics to links and to use those metrics to allow routing by other than minimum hop count routes. This document provides a historic record of the rationale for, and design considerations behind, how link metrics were included in OLSRv2.

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Document ID
RFC7185
Published
April 2014
Authors
C. Dearlove; T. Clausen; P. Jacquet
Status
INFORMATIONAL
Stream
IETF
Area
rtg
Pages
25
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