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 |