Routing — This article is about routing in networks. For other uses, see Routing (disambiguation). Routing is the process of selecting paths in a network along which to send network traffic. Routing is performed for many kinds of networks, including the… … Wikipedia
List of ad-hoc routing protocols — An Ad hoc routing protocol is a convention or standard that controls how nodes come to agree which way to route packets between computing devices in a mobile ad hoc network (MANET).In ad hoc networks , nodes do not have a priori knowledge of… … Wikipedia
Hot-potato and cold-potato routing — This article is about the use of these terms in the context of routing policy. For the packet switching technique sometimes also called hot potato routing , see deflection routing. In commercial network routing between autonomous systems which… … Wikipedia
Fuzzy routing — is the application of fuzzy logic to routing protocols, particularly in the context of ad hoc wireless networks and in networks supporting multiple quality of service classes. It is currently the subject of research. See also * Dynamic routing *… … Wikipedia
Vehicle routing problem — The vehicle routing problem (VRP) is a combinatorial optimization and nonlinear programming problem seeking to service a number of customers with a fleet of vehicles. Proposed by Dantzig and Ramser in 1959, VRP is an important problem in the… … Wikipedia
Information Routing Group — An Information Routing Group (or IRG ) is one of a semi infinite set of similar interlocking and overlapping groups each IRG containing a group of ( maybe 3 to 200) individuals (IRGists) and each IRG loosely sharing a particular common interest;… … Wikipedia
Destination routing — is a term used in telecommunications to define a sequential pathway that messages must pass through to reach a target destination. Overview In the context of telephone switching systems for circuit based calls, the destination stations are… … Wikipedia
Locator/Identifier Separation Protocol — The current architecture of the Internet uses IP addresses for two separate functions:* as an end point addressing identifier to uniquely identify a network interface within its local network addressing context * as a locator, for routing… … Wikipedia
GPRS Core Network — The GPRS core network is the central part of the General Packet Radio Service which allows 2G, 3G and WCDMA mobile networks to transmit IP packets to external networks such as the Internet. The GPRS system is an integrated part of the GSM network … Wikipedia
Communications protocol — For other senses of this word, see Protocol. A communications protocol is a system of digital message formats and rules for exchanging those messages in or between computing systems and in telecommunications. A protocol may have a formal… … Wikipedia
Virtual private network — A virtual private network (VPN) is a computer network in which some of the links between nodes are carried by open connections or virtual circuits in some larger network (e.g., the Internet) instead of by physical wires. The link layer protocols… … Wikipedia