We address the challenge of link estimation and routing over highly dynamic links, thats is, bursty links that rapidly shift between\r\nreliable and unreliable periods of transmissions. Based on significant empirical evidence of over 100,000 transmissions over\r\neach link in 802.15.4 and 802.11 testbeds, we propose two metrics, expected future transmissions (EFT) and MAC3, for runtime\r\nestimation of bursty wireless links.We introduce a bursty link estimator (BLE) that based on these two metrics, accurately estimates\r\nbursty links in the network rendering them available for data transmissions. Finally, we present bursty routing extensions (BRE):\r\nan adaptive routing strategy that uses BLE for forwarding packets over bursty links if they offer better routing progress than longtermstable\r\nlinks. Our evaluation, comprising experimental data from widely used IEEE 802.15.4-based testbeds, reveals an average\r\nof 19% and a maximum of 42% reduction in the number of transmissions when routing over long-range bursty links typically\r\nignored by routing protocols. Additionally, we show that both BLE and BRE are not tied to any specific routing protocol and\r\nintegrate seamlessly with existing routing protocols and link estimators.
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