Different types of Routing methods:
there are four type of routing methods are there those are:
1 Fixed
2 Flooding
3 Random
4 Adaptive
2 Flooding
3 Random
4 Adaptive
1 Fixed Routing:
1 Single permanent route for each source to destination pair
2 Determine routes using a least cost algorithm
3 Route fixed, at least until a change in network topology
2) Flooding:
1 No network info required Packet sent by node to every neighbor
2 Incoming packets re transmitted on every link except
incoming link
3 Eventually a number of copies will arrive at destination
4 Each packet is uniquely numbered so duplicates can be
discarded
5 Nodes can remember packets already forwarded to keep
network load in bounds
6 Can include a hop count in packets
3 Random:
1 Node selects one outgoing path for re transmission of
incoming packet
2 Selection can be random or round robin
3 Can select outgoing path based on probability calculation
4 No network info needed
5 Route is typically not least cost nor minimum hop
4 Adaptive:
1 Used by almost all packet switching networks
2 Routing decisions change as conditions on the network
change
1Failure
2 Congestion
3 Requires info about network
4 Decisions more complex
5 Tradeoff between quality of network info and overhead
6 Reacting too quickly can cause oscillation
7 Too slowly to be relevant