Polymorphic routing for dynamic networks

A system comprising:

• a source in a plurality of nodes, wherein the plurality of nodes forms a network and comprises a number of mobile nodes and a number of static nodes;
• a destination in the plurality of nodes in the network, wherein data is routed from the source to the destination along a path through the plurality of nodes in the network;
• and
• a node in the number of mobile nodes in the plurality of nodes, wherein the node comprises state information that identifies a state of the node for a route as one of a flooding state for using a flooding protocol, a proactive state for using a proactive protocol, and an on-demand state for using an on-demand protocol with respect to the destination and the node is configured to
• send the data to all other nodes in the plurality of nodes in the network in response to a loss of a route at the node, wherein the route is a segment of the path;
• receive a number of data acknowledgements at the node from the destination through a number of paths from the destination to the node;
• identify updated state information for the plurality of nodes using the number of data acknowledgements to change the state of the node for the route with respect to the destination;
• and
• send the data to the destination along a selected route using the updated state information.

A computer program product for routing data in a network, the computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium that is non-transitory;
• program code, stored on the computer readable storage medium, for responsive to a loss of a route at a node in a plurality of nodes in the network, sending the data to all other nodes, wherein the data is being routed along a path from a source in the plurality of nodes to a destination in the plurality of nodes, wherein the plurality of nodes comprises a number of mobile nodes and a number of static nodes, wherein the route is a segment in the path, and wherein the node comprises state information that identifies a state of the node for a route as one of a flooding state for using a flooding protocol, a proactive state for using a proactive protocol, and an on-demand state for using an on-demand protocol with respect to the destination;
• program code, stored on the computer readable storage medium, for receiving a number of data acknowledgements at the node from the destination through a number of paths from the destination to the node;
• program code, stored on the computer readable storage medium, for identifying updated state information for the plurality of nodes using the number of data acknowledgements to change the state of the node for the route with respect to the destination;
• and
• program code, stored on the computer readable storage medium, for sending the data to the destination along a selected route using the updated state information.