1. Review of A new taxonomy of routing algorithms for wireless mobile ad hoc networks: the component approach*
Tim Brown
*Myung Jong Lee Jianling Zheng Xuhui Hu Hsin-hui Juan Chunhui Zhu Yong Liu June Seung Yoon Saadawi, T.N. IEEE Communications Magazine, Nov 2006 vol .44, no. 11 pp

2. Research Question
What is the taxonomy of basic components in mobile ad hoc network routing protocols?

3. Core Routing Components

4. Ad Hoc Routing Protocols
Topology Discovery
Route Choice
Route Representation
Data forwarding
Route Maintenance
Example with Dynamic Source Routing (DSR) S D 1 2 3

5. Route Discovery

6. Route Selection

7. Route Representation

8. Data Forwarding

9. Route Maintenance Proactive Reactive Route Refresh Route Failure
New route before fails
Use route until fails
Route Invalidatio

10. Conclusion Taxonomy based on 100+ ad hoc routing protocols
Very general
Helps understand ad hoc protocols