Device-Aware Discovery and Ranking of Mobile Services

While several service discovery protocols and standards have been proposed for supporting service discovery from mobile devices, this remains a challenging problem. In many cases, mobile clients may discover services which they consider relevant but soon realize that such services are not completely usable on their mobile devices due to compatibility and interoperability issues. Without integrating device capabilities into the discovery process, or a device-aware mobile service discovery, it becomes extremely difficult to determine whether discovered services may or may not function properly within the device´s constraints. This paper introduces a solution to this problem and proposes MobiEureka, a mobile device- aware system for enhancing the discovery of mobile services using mobile devices. This paper presents experimental validation, results, and analysis of the presented ideas.