Prototype Implementation of Anycast-based Service Discovery for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

: Mobile ad hoc networks are self-organized, and devices in such networks have to locate available services dynamically. We propose to utilize anycast for efficient service discovery. With anycast, requests of service sent by clients can be delivered to the closest service provider. The Ad Hoc On-demand Distance Vector (AODV) routing protocol is extended to support anycast routing. We present a prototype implementation which demonstrates the application of anycast-based service discovery.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2004
• Where: DFN
• Authors: Jidong Wu, Oliver Stanze, Kilian Weniger, Martina Zitterbart
• Keywords: Ad Hoc, DFN 2004, DFN 2008, Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, Service Discovery