Hi,
"Note that, within a timeout, set by default to twice the OGM interval, nodes purge a neighbor from which OGMs are no longer received"
In fact the PURGE_TIMEOUT is set to a value of 200s so the problem described in the paper, in my opinion, comes from a wrong implementation of B.A.T.M.A.N. in the ns2 simulator used in the paper.
you are absolutely right. The authors assume the batman protocol is based on timeouts which leads to wrong results. Anyone interested to understand the PURGE_TIMEOUT can consult our FAQ.
During the WBMv3 we studied a paper called "Routing protocols for mesh networks with mobility support" which seems to have a similar content / same authors (?) and contacted the authors to let them know about their wrong assumption. Not sure in which manner these papers are related ...
Furthermore in my opinion, is better that mobile nodes does not use B.A.T.M.A.N. but should act as mesh unaware nodes exploiting HNA. Mesh network are not MANET...
Agreed.
Cheers, Marek