Routing class

OLSR

DSDV

WRP

Multicast

No

Yes

No

Number of tables

five

Two

Four

Frequency of updates

Periodic

Periodic and as required

Periodic

Weaknesses

For the control message increases when the numbers of mobile nodes are increased, need higher processing power, 2-hop neighbor knowledge required

Unsuitable for highly dynamic networks, requires battery power, High overhead

Consumes a lot of bandwidth, as well

as the power of each node is required to stay life all times, High Memory Overhead

Strengths

minimizes the size of protocol message and the number of rebroadcasting nodes during each route, Reduced control overhead and connection

Small amounts of bandwidth, loop free

provides the faster route convergence, Loop free