An Intelligent Agent based Approach for Service Discovery in Wireless Ad-hoc Networks

In this paper we propose an architecture for modeling the service discovery functionality of computing devices operating in pervasive computing environments. Forming wireless ad hoc networks requires service discovery protocols that support both proximity-based detection and abstract level service matching. In the proposed architecture, services, provided by sensors and actuators, are indirectly located through polling while composite service matching is based on the intelligent agent philosophy. In this way, our service discovery approach exploits the spread of proximity based device detection and the dynamics of the multi-agent environments. Key-Words: Intelligent Agents, Wireless Ad hoc Networks, Service Discovery Architectures