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destination the appropriate route; in case it has not been done correctly it can be discovered which
node has not acted correctly. If the updates are carried out in an inadequate way, a completely
unnecessary overload would be introduced in the node absorbing their energy and processing
resources since the node is busy upgrading/updating the routes (e.g., it will not be able to forward
a packet). A node will think that its packet has been received correctly when after a certain time no
error message has been received; so, if an error message should have been received but has not, it
will be considered that there has been no error. at is, there will be an absence of error me