Title: An optimised semantic web services discovery in MANET

Authors: Soheyb Ayad; Okba Kazar; Aïcha-Nabila Benharkat; Sadek-Labib Terrissa

Addresses: LINFI Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, University of Biskra, BP 145 RP, 07000 Biskra, Algeria ' LINFI Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, University of Biskra, BP 145 RP, 07000 Biskra, Algeria ' LIRIS Laboratory, INSA Lyon, Lyon University, 20 Avenue Albert Einstein, 69621 Villeurbanne Cedex, France ' LINFI Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, University of Biskra, BP 145 RP, 07000 Biskra, Algeria

Abstract: The web services discovery process in mobile ad hoc networks is considered as a very difficult challenge due to the continuous change in the topology of the network and also the lack of a fixed central directory for publishing web services. Several approaches have been proposed, all these solutions are based on either keywords or identifiers representing the service to be searched or by using a specific scenario of discovery, all by trying to respect the constraints of ad hoc networks such as energy, bandwidth, throughput, etc. In this paper, we will present a new web services discovery protocol based on the dissemination of semantic web services information in routing process using the cross-layer routing techniques. We will also present the simulation results obtained where we have noticed a significant optimisation of the energy consumption level and of the average throughput using the DISCOVERY_DIAMETER parameter that we have proposed to limit the area of discovery in the network.

Keywords: semantic web services; web services discovery; average throughput; routing protocols; energy cost; ad hoc; energy consumption; mobile ad hoc network; MANET.

DOI: 10.1504/IJCNDS.2017.086489

International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems, 2017 Vol.19 No.3, pp.270 - 287

Received: 03 Aug 2015
Accepted: 10 Aug 2016

Published online: 10 Sep 2017 *

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