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When a node has data for a particular destination node, it checks its routing table for a route. If
the destination node is within the zone, a route will exist in the route table; if the destination node
is not within the zone, the node will search for that specific destination to find the route.
e proactive maintenance of routing zones also helps to improve the quality of discovered
routes by making them more sensitive to changes in the network topology. Zones in ZRP are con-
figured by proper selection of only one parameter, the zone radius, which is measured in hops. e
ZRP framework is designed to provide ...