Talk:Optimized Link State Routing Protocol
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what is olsr? how olsr works ? what about ad-hoc ?
Small computers - problems or not?
The article suggests that OLSR doesn't work on smaller computers because of the overhead of continuously checking routing etc. Yet it is part of the Freifunk firmware that has been designed to run on Linksys WRT54G's , and seems to do so successfully. Can any experts offer some more information? --mgaved 21:44, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
While OLSR can have issues with limited computer resources in large networks with fast update rates, OLSR should work fine on less powerful machines within smaller networks (~10-15) without issues. The TC and HELLO interval rate can be slowed down in slower moving networks to reduce the computational power and overhead needed to maintain network connectivity. The biggest differences with OLSR when compared to AODV is overhead distribution. OLSR's, and other proactive protocols, overhead is relativity fixed based upon number of MANET nodes, and TC/HELLO timer intervals. AODV, and other reactive protocols, overhead depends almost exclusively on application traffic patterns. Bebemaster 14:00, 15 May 2007 (UTC)