QoS-aware service location in mobile ad hoc networks

The advent of light-weight terminals (e.g., PDA) with integrated communication capabilities facilitates service access and hosting anytime, anywhere. However, effective service access requires dealing with the service's QoS, including related resource consumption. This paper introduces a comprehensive framework for QoS-aware service location in ad hoc networks. Our framework divides into: (i) QoS specification that is expressive enough to capture most significant QoS-related properties, and concise enough to have minimal computation cost associated with QoS management; and (ii) a benefit function for evaluating the overall benefit of service instances available in the network from the standpoint of QoS regarding both the user's perspective and resource consumption on hosts. Application of the proposed QoS framework is addressed in the context of the mobile ADHoc WS system, which supports QoS-aware location of Web services deployed in mobile ad hoc networks.

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