Multipath Route Optimization with Multiple QoS Constraints Based on Intuitionistic Fuzzy Set Theory

Table 3

RREQ message format.

Type	Flag	Reserved	Hop count
RREQ ID
Destination IP address
Destination sequence number
Originator IP address
Originator sequence number
First hop
(QoS information: the bandwidth from the source node to the current node)
(QoS constraint: the threshold of the bandwidth requirements)
(QoS information: the delay from the source node to the current node)
(QoS constraint: the threshold of the latency requirements)
(QoS information: the reliability from the source node to the current node)
(QoS constraint: the threshold of the reliability requirements)
(QoS information: the effective energy from the source node to the current node)
(QoS constraint: the threshold of the minimum energy requirements)
Expiration/timeout