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Table 4.1 Characteristics of the presented forwarding strategies

Fs tolerable
position
inaccuracy

Fs
implement.
Complexity

Fs
processing
overhead

Ls
robustness

Fs
robustness

Fs
scalability

Fs packet
overhead

Loop
freedom

Optimal
path Metric Ls type Fs type Density

MFR All-for-

Some

Medium Greedy

(progress)

TR Medium Low High Low Low Yes [ 23 ] Medium Dense

DIR All-for-

Some

Medium Greedy

(direction)

TR Medium Low High Low Low No [ 23 ] Medium Dense

GPSR All-for-

Some

Medium Greedy +

perimeter

TR Medium Medium High Low Low Yes [ 24 ] Medium Both

ARP All-for-

Some

Medium Greedy

(distance +
angle)

TR Medium Low High Low Low No (only

local
ones)

Medium Both

I-PBBLR - - Greedy

(progress +
direction)

No beacons Medium Low High Low Low Yes [ 4 ] Medium Dense

DREAM All-for

-All

High RDF Expected Region High Low Medium Medium Low No [ 23 ] High Both

LAR - - RDF Expected Region Low Low Medium Medium Low No [ 23 ] High Both

LARWB - - RDF Expected Region Medium Low Medium Medium Low No High Both

MLAR - - RDF Expected Region Medium Low Medium Medium Low Yes [ 14 ] Low Both

Grid - - Hierarchical Grid-by-Grid

routing

Medium Medium High Low Low Ye s Low Dense

TERMIN-
ODES

All-for-
Some

Medium Hierarchical Short-Distance

Routing
Range

Medium Medium High Low Low Yes [ 24 ] Medium Dense