Web-Based Integrated Service Discovery Using Agent Platform for Pervasive Computing Environments

Although current service discovery protocols provide the same basic function of service discovery, they differ significantly in architecture, message exchange pattern, expected operating environment and service representation/description. These differences prevent service interoperability among protocols. To solve this problem, we propose a web-based integrated service discovery mechanism, using an agent platform to guarantee scalability of scope of available services without modifying existing service discovery protocols. The proposed web-based integrated service discovery mechanism provides users with a wider selection of services, and convenient search methods.