[ndnSIM] GlobalRouting with topology changes

[Hisham Farahat]

Thanks for your reply.
Reinstalling GlobalRouter will reset everything (FIB, CS & PIT), right?

Is there any other routing algorithm i can use for this scenario?
On Nov 21, 2014 4:43 PM, "Alex Afanasyev" <alexander.afanasyev at ucla.edu>
wrote:

> Unfortunately, global routing helper wasn’t designed for simulation-time
> topology updates.  It is still possible to use it, but you would need to
> make modifications.  The reason is that topology graph (instances of
> GlobalRouter on every object) are installed and configured once as part of
> GlobalRoutingHelper::Install methods.  In order to calculate routes for the
> updated topology, you would need first to remove all GlobalRouter instances
> from all nodes and Channels, and then call Install method again.
>
> If only Face metrics changed, then there is no need for the described
> modification.  You can simply call CalculateRoutes and it should work.
>
> —
> Alex
>
> > On Nov 21, 2014, at 9:25 AM, Hisham Farahat <hishamfarahat at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> > I have a scenario where the topology changes with time (e.g. producers
> connect to different nodes). I understand that the boost graph is created
> once we install the ndnGlobalRoutingHelper on all nodes.  When the topology
> changes, how can the global router update the graph so that CalculateRoutes
> function can update the FIBs?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
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