DV is well-understood and proven in the field. I am not so sure about the newer WSN routing research (Directed Diffusion, LEACH etc.). Also many of the WSN prot

DV is well-understood and proven in the field. I am not so sure about the newer WSN routing research (Directed Diffusion, LEACH etc.). Also many of the WSN protocols assume a high density of nodes (e.g. a production plant covered in sensors). A Thread-type network can be quite sparse.