Service Discovery Protocols (SDPs) allow users and
applications to automati- cally locate services without prior configuration.
Since Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs) constitute an essential part of the
ubiquitous computing scenario, increasing efforts are geared toward providing
service discovery in such envi- ronments. In this thesis, we implement Service
Location Protocol for MANET (SLPManet), based on the widely employed Service
Location Protocol (SLP) Version 2. We recognize the need for a legitimate
framework for the qualita- tive and quantitative evaluation of SDPs. We hence develop
BENCHManet, a benchmark composed of reference tests, each of which reflects the
configu- ration found in various MANET applications. We examine the performance
of SLPManet using BENCHManet, and highlight the protocol’s strengths and
weaknesses. We propose a caching modification that increases the discovery
success by 38% for poorly performing scenarios. Moreover, the aggregate band-
width consumption and average lookup latency decreased by up to 98%.