Link State Routing Each node maintains its local “link state” (LS) Each node floods its local link state on receiving a new LS message, a router forwards the message to all its neighbors other than the one it received the message from Host A Host B Host E Host D Host C N1 N2 N3 N4 N5 N7 N6 (N1,N2) (N1, N4) (N1, N5) (N1,N2) (N1, N4) (N1, N5) (N1,N2) (N1, N4) (N1, N5) (N1,N2) (N1, N4) (N1, N5) (N1,N2) (N1, N4) (N1, N5) (N1,N2) (N1, N4) (N1, N5) (N1,N2) (N1, N4) (N1, N5) (N1,N2) (N1, N4) (N1, N5) (N1,N2) (N1, N4) (N1, N5) (N1,N2) (N1, N4) (N1, N5) 27