Research Article
Extended ZRP: a routing layer based service discovery protocol for mobile ad hoc networks
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/MOBIQUITOUS.2005.30, author={C.N. Ververidis and G.C. Polyzos}, title={Extended ZRP: a routing layer based service discovery protocol for mobile ad hoc networks}, proceedings={2nd International ICST Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Networking and Services}, publisher={IEEE}, proceedings_a={MOBIQUITOUS}, year={2005}, month={11}, keywords={}, doi={10.1109/MOBIQUITOUS.2005.30} }- C.N. Ververidis
G.C. Polyzos
Year: 2005
Extended ZRP: a routing layer based service discovery protocol for mobile ad hoc networks
MOBIQUITOUS
IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/MOBIQUITOUS.2005.30
Abstract
Service discovery in mobile ad hoc networks is an essential process in order for these networks to be self-configurable with zero or minimal administration overhead. In this paper we argue that service discovery can be greatly enhanced in terms of efficiency (regarding service discoverability and energy consumption), by piggybacking service information into routing layer messages. Thus, service discovery does not generate additional messages and a node requesting a service, in addition to discovering that service, it is simultaneously informed of the route to the service provider. We extended the zone routing protocol (ZRP) in order to encapsulate service information in its routing messages. Extensive simulations demonstrate the superiority of this routing layer-based service discovery scheme over that of a similar, but application layer based service discovery scheme.