Research Article

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

Table 4

RREP message format.

TypeFlagReservedPrefix sizeHop count

RREP ID
Destination IP address
Destination sequence number
Originator IP address
TOPSIS
(QoS information: the bandwidth from the source node to the current node)
(QoS information: the delay from the source node to the current node)
(QoS information: the reliability from the source node to the current node)
(QoS information: the effective energy from the source node to the current node)
Expiration/timeout