Link-state routing uses link-state advertisements (LSA), a topological database, the SPF algorithm, the resulting SPF tree, and, finally, a routing table of paths and ports to each network.

You can see above how "the XL algorithm developed by computer scientists at UC San Diego significantly outperforms standard link-state and distance-vector algorithms, speeding routing in computer ...

This paper is to compare two dynamic routing algorithms. Besides, they represent an overview of these algorithms distinguish similarities and differences between link state algorithm & distance ...