Implementing Service Discovery Protocols in Home Network Systems

Abstract

Home networking systems are gaining increasing research attention in the recent period due to the huge efforts implied by major home appliance companies in order to equip future home appliances with networking services and capabilities. Service discovery protocols being an essential backbone in home network system development receive the majority of research efforts to provide robust and efficient home networks.

 In this paper the most popular service discovery protocols are reviewed in a comparative study discussing the advantages and disadvantages of each of them over the others.