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AODV Last modified: Monday, September 20, 2004
Short for Ad Hoc On-Demand Distance Vector, a routing protocol for ad hoc mobile networks with large numbers of mobile nodes. The protocol's algorithm creates routes between nodes only when the routes are requested by the source nodes, giving the network the flexibility to allow nodes to enter and leave the network at will. Routes remain active only as long as data packets are traveling along the paths from the source to the destination. When the source stops sending packets, the path will time out and close. AODV supports both unicast and multicast.
Performance Comparison of Two On-Demand Routing Protocols for Ad Hoc Networks This article compares the performance of two prominent on-demand routing protocols for mobile ad hoc networks: Dynamic Source Routing (DSR) and Ad Hoc On-Demand Distance Vector Routing (AODV). (pdf) RFC 3561 Full text of the AODC RFC.	Related Categories Mobile Computing Network Protocols Routing Related Terms routing routing protocol