An Efficient Distributed Framework for Adaptive Service Discovery in Mobile Ad-hoc Networks

The key innovation of this proposal is the development of a distributed service discovery framework which employs simple yet elegant mechanisms to deliver comprehensive solutions for service advertisement, discovery and access in mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs). Our framework employs peer-to-peer caching to facilitate cross platform collaborations and service discovery. In addition, we propose to use our unique service evaluation and differentiation model provides a comprehensive and systematic approach to comparing and evaluating discovered services. Mobile nodes within the network differentiate between services based on characteristics such as levels of service demand, presence or lack of specific service features/attributes and communication and transaction costs. Furthermore, to facilitate the evaluation process and further enhance service discovery we propose to use semantic service descriptions associated with a set of novel protocols to facilitate advertisement dissemination.