Fun facts the venerable Border Gateway Protocol or BGP is using distant-vector algorithm for global Internet routing calculation based on Bellman-Ford dynamic programming approach due to its scability in updating the routing table [1].
For intranet routing however shortest path algorithm based on Dijkstra approach underlies the OSPF and IS-IS protocols.
In the old days distant-vector protocol like Routing Information Protocol protocol or RIP is also used but it's now becoming obsolete and humorously known as Rest In Peace protocol.
Distant-vector now is making a comeback for intranet in the form of mobile ad hoc and mesh networks (guerilla networks for routing without infrastructure) with Ad hoc On-Demand Distance Vector Routing protovol or AODV [2]. This setup can be very beneficial for disaster and also for mobile group or platoon communication.
For intranet routing however shortest path algorithm based on Dijkstra approach underlies the OSPF and IS-IS protocols.
In the old days distant-vector protocol like Routing Information Protocol protocol or RIP is also used but it's now becoming obsolete and humorously known as Rest In Peace protocol.
Distant-vector now is making a comeback for intranet in the form of mobile ad hoc and mesh networks (guerilla networks for routing without infrastructure) with Ad hoc On-Demand Distance Vector Routing protovol or AODV [2]. This setup can be very beneficial for disaster and also for mobile group or platoon communication.
[1] Distance-vector routing protocol:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distance-vector_routing_protoc...
[2] Ad hoc On-Demand Distance Vector Routing:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hoc_On-Demand_Distance_Vect...