1. A process for use as part of a routing protocol in a mobile ad hoc digital communications network composed of a plurality of nodes each of which includes a router having a routing table including routing information defining routing pathways through said network and one or more metrics defining message transfer characteristics for each such routing pathway, comprising the steps of: a) having a plurality of said nodes exchange routing information including routing pathways through said network and one or more metrics defining message transfer costs for each routing pathway; b) having one of said nodes calculate a measure of the degree to which it comprises an advantaged node; c) having an advantaged node increase one or more of the metrics of a plurality of pathways through said node entered into its routing table to form an updated routing table as a function of said measure of the degree to which it comprises an advantaged node; and d) having said updated routing table including adjusted metrics advertised across said network for the purpose of updating the routing tables of other network nodes.