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The Internet Engineering TaskForce(IETF) has set down a working group for MANET routing[38]. The purpose of this working group is ``to standardize IP routing protocol functionality suitable for wireless routing application within both static and dynamic topologies. The fundamental design issues are that the wireless link interfaces have some unique routing interface characteristics and that node topologies within a wireless routing region may experience increased dynamics, due to motion or other factors.''[38].
A wide diversity of protocols have been proposed, but as of this writing, only three protocols are accepted as experimental Request For Comments(RFC), namely Ad hoc On-Demand Distance Vector (AODV)[54], Optimized Link State Routing (OLSR)[23], and Topology Dissemination Based on Reverse-Path Forwarding (TBRPF)[56]. The Dynamic Source Routing Protocol(DSR)[27] is expected to be accepted as a RFC in a near future.