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CBRP

routing protocol for wireless mesh networks

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ60741252 ↗
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CBRP, or Cluster Based Routing Protocol, is a routing protocol for wireless mesh networks. CBRP was originally designed in mid 1998 by the National University of Singapore and subsequently published as an Internet Draft in August 1998. CBRP is one of the earlier hierarchical ad-hoc routing protocols. In CBRP, nodes dynamically form clusters to maintain structural routing support and to minimize excessive discovery traffic typical for ad-hoc routing.

Many performance studies on CBRP have been conducted in the area of Vehicular Ad-Hoc Network (VANET).

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The public source identifies “CBRP” as routing protocol for wireless mesh networks. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around CBRP, routing and protocol.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1998—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with CBRP, routing and protocol providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “CBRP” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.