METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING LOCATION-BASED ADDRESSING

摘要

A system for identifying an optimal route in a network is disclosed. The system includes a destination node, a source node, and a number of intermediate nodes; each of said nodes having an associated node address. The intermediate nodes include a number of neighboring nodes associated with the source node. The node addresses associated respectively with the destination node and the intermediate nodes Include location information associated respectively with the destination node and the intermediate nodes. The source node is configured to select one or more of the neighboring nodes to receive a route request. The destination node is configured to receive the route requests propagated by one or more of the selected one or more neighboring nodes, the route requests respectively identifying the one or more routes, and select the optimal route from the one or more routes based on the received route requests.