Table 1 Algorithmic notations

S

Source or sender node

D

Destination or receiving node

ListN

List of neighbours

ListS

List of sorted neighbour based on distance form destination

ListB

List of all backup nodes of next forwarder which is initially zero

∆(N _i , N _j )

Function that return distance between N _i and N _j

δ(N _i )

Function that return speed of node N _i

n _h

Next-hop forwarder node obtained from NextForwarder()

n _b

Backup node used when next hop fails to transmit packet, acquired as outcome from BackupNode()