In pervasive computing environments, mobile devices communicate via wireless links without requiring any fixed infrastructure. These devices must be able to discover and share ser...
This paper describes an agent-based architecture that extends personal mobility to ubiquitous environment. A software agent, running on a portable device, leverages the existing se...
Mobile Ad hoc NETworks (MANETs) conveniently complement infrastructure-based networks, allowing mobile nodes to spontaneously form a network and share their services, including br...
By employing Web services technology, the Grid system is evolving to be more manageable service infrastructure, including lifetime management, discovery of characteristics, and no...
A service discovery framework provides a collection of protocols for developing dynamic client/server applications, allowing clients to find and use services without any previous ...