A review of service discovery schemes in wireless mesh networks

Abstract

The increase in number of users in Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs) setups consequently represents an upsurge in numbers of services. Services such as internet, e-commerce, audio streaming, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), Video on Demand (VoD), file and printer sharing among others will be clogged and ran over WMNs. This further leads to poor Quality of Service (QoS). Quick and timely discovery of these services becomes an essential parameter in optimizing performance of these networks. In this paper therefore, we present an overview of the various existing service discovery schemes in WMNs. We also present the various gaps available in these schemes for future service discovery schemes.