The
Optimized Link State Routing Protocol (
OLSR) is an
IP routing protocol optimized for
mobile ad hoc networks, which can also be used on other
wireless ad hoc networks. OLSR is a proactive
link-state routing protocol, which uses
hello and
topology control (TC) messages to discover and then disseminate link state information throughout the
mobile ad hoc network. Individual nodes use this topology information to compute next hop destinations for all nodes in the network using shortest hop forwarding paths.