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neighbor’s address, which consists the all-neighbors address, which
consists of all ones. When the update message reports no updates,
the empty address is specified; this address consists of all zeros and
instructs the receiving nodes not to send an ACK in return. is type
of update message is used as a “hello message” from a node to allow
its neighbors to know that they maintain connectivity, even if no user
messages or routing-table updates are exchanged.
3.4.1.4 Routing-Table Updating A node can decide to update its rout-
ing table after either receiving an update message from a neighbor or
detecting a change in the status of a link to a neighbor. When a node,
i, receives an update message from its neighbor ...