Model-based service discovery for future generation mobile systems

Abstract

The practical success of the future generation mobile systems such as 4G relies largely on its flexibility in providing adaptive and cost-effective services. Service discovery is an essential mechanism to achieve this goal. Based on the investigation of the existing service discovery protocols, this paper proposes a new service discovery methodology for future generation mobile systems: model-based service discovery or MBSD. MBSD takes advantage of the OMG (Object Management Group) MDA (Model-Driven Architecture) technique. The system architecture of MBSD and its operation are presented and implemented. The proposed methodology is validated via a mobile service scenario.