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2007 31st Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference
A Service Discovery Architecture based on Anycast in Pervasive Computing Environments
Beijing, China
July 24-July 27
ISBN: 0-7695-2870-8
ZHANG Li, Beijing University of Technology, China
SHI Zhen-lian, Beijing University of Technology, China
SHEN Qi, Beijing University of Technology, China
Service discovery is very useful in pervasive computing environments. A service discovery architecture based on anycast is proposed. A wellknown anycast address is defined first, which stands for a group of directory servers supporting service discovery. Each node in pervasive environment determines whether it is qualified to be a directory server in accordance with its capability, such as its memory, energy, or location stability. Qualified node announces that it serves the well-known anycast address and then begins to listen and cache service register messages from other nodes. A node supplying a service sends register messages to the well-known anycast address. The message is routed the nearest one of directory servers by an underlying anycast routing protocol. When a node wants to get some service information, it sends query messages to the anycast address, too. The message is also routed to the nearest directory. The directory replies in accordance with the information cached or obtained from other directories. With anycast, network load caused by service discovery is reduced dramatically, which results in scalability. The architecture is fully distributed, which does not depend on any central point. Therefore the architecture is a good candidate solution for service discovery in pervasive environment.
Citation:
ZHANG Li, SHI Zhen-lian, SHEN Qi, "A Service Discovery Architecture based on Anycast in Pervasive Computing Environments," compsac, vol. 2, pp.101-108, 2007 31st Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference, 2007
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