A fully distributed mediator based service location protocol in ad hoc networks
Hend Koubaa, Éric Fleury · 2002
With the increasing number of Internet services, extensive research on service location protocols is an essential feature for future networks. In this paper, we discuss a service location and declaration protocol in ad hoc wireless environments. Our on demand protocol is based on a distributed approach which contributes to overhead optimization. The main features of our protocol are: overhead minimization, minimizing the time spent to respond to a client request, increasing the probability a client is served by the nearer service and its independence from the underlying protocols.