OSPF tana goyan bayan hanyoyin sadarwa masu rikitarwa tare da magudanar da yawa, gami da magudanar ajiya, don daidaita nauyin zirga-zirga a kan hanyoyin haɗi da yawa zuwa wasu ƙananan hanyoyin sadarwa. Routers masu makwabtaka a cikin yankin watsa shirye-shirye ɗaya ko a kowane ƙarshen hanyar haɗi suna sadarwa tare da juna ta hanyar yarjejeniyar OSPF. Routers suna yin maƙwabtaka lokacin da suka gano juna. Wannan ganowa yana farawa lokacin da na'ura mai ba da hanya tsakanin hanyoyin sadarwa ta gano kanta a cikin kunshin yarjejeniyar Hello. Bayan tabbatarwa, wannan yana kafa yanayin hanyoyi biyu da kuma mafi mahimmancin dangantaka. Masu ba da hanya a cikin hanyar sadarwa ta Ethernet ko Relay Frame sun zaɓi na'ura mai ba da hanya tsakanin hanyoyin sadarwa (DR) da kuma na'ura mai ba da hanya tsakanin hanyoyin sadarwa (DRB) wanda ke aiki a matsayin cibiya don rage zirga-zirga tsakanin hanyoyin sadarwa. OSPF yana amfani da hanyoyin unicast da multicast don aika fakitin watsa "Hello" da sabuntawa na jihar Tambaya: Menene yarjejeniyar da routers ke amfani da ita a cikin yankuna?
Tsarin OSPF.