Structured peer-to-peer services for mobile ad hoc networks

would like to take this opportunity to thank all the people that supported me during this time personally and professionally. First of all, I would like thank Prof. Jochen Schiller who has been my primary adviser over the past three years. Without his support and inspiration as well as the confidence and freedom that he has given me to pursue my ideas, this work would never have been possible. He is a most extraordinary and inspiring person with a passion for his work and joie de vivre that I have never encountered before. I am immensely grateful for the opportunity that he has given me to be part of his most remarkable research group. This has been one of the best times of my life. I truly owe him my deepest gratitude. Furthermore, I would like to thank Prof. Peter Druschel for being my second adviser. The research visit that I spent in his amazing research group at Rice University substantially shaped the key ideas of this work. The personal advice that he has provided over the last two years has been priceless. Knowing how busy his schedule is makes his accepting to be my adviser a true honor. Additionally, I would like to thank Prof. Agnès Voisard who has been my second adviser within the Berlin-Brandenburg Graduate School on Distributed Information Systems. I am very grateful for her support and encouragement over the past three years. Coming from a slightly different background, our discussions have always been immensely helpful in staying on track and not becoming lost in technical details. I also owe my deep gratitude to her for her personal support concerning my next career steps. Moreover, I am very grateful to the members of the Berlin-Brandenburg Graduate School on Distributed Information Systems for their continuous feedback and advise. The degree of scientific freedom provided by the school has been most remarkable and inspiring. Rolf Winter deserves my special thanks. I have been incredibly fortunate to share an office with him during the entire time of my PhD studies. Our joint work at the beginning of our studies has significantly helped in jump-starting my research. The literally daily discussions with Rolf have greatly inspired this work and always served as a "quality measure" for my ideas. In addition to working on scientific challenges, we challenged each other on the Squash court and on Thursday evenings. We have become …