A new routing control technique using active temporal data management

Determining the optimal path from source to destination as well as switchin g packets along the path is one of the main roles of a router in the Intern et. Although there are vigorous researches so far related to various kinds of routing protocol, it still needs more sophisticated control techniques t o resolve a routing loop problem. In this paper, we propose a new routing c ontrol technique using active temporal data management. It uses historical routing information as well as active message processing for efficient mana gement so that it not only minimizes the size and the frequency of messages exchanged among routers, but also assures fast convergence to prevent the message loop. Also in terms of active real-time routing function, it determ ines the order of messages that happen periodically or aperiodically by mea ns of computing their deadline time described in messages. With a simple ex ample using the suggested technique, we analyze a logical performance evalu ation by comparing it with some popular conventional routing protocols such as RIP and IGRP. Finally, concluding remarks and future works are discusse d. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.