Comparison of Bandwidth Usage Service Location Protocol and Jini

Abstract:  also, to Darryl Magee and Jason Nichols for their time reading this the- sis. Their valuable comments on this thesis made of it a much better English written document. Finally, I would like to dedicate this thesis to my parents, Javier and Celia, who have always given me strength, encouragement, inspiration, and support through all my life. A very special thanks goes to them. 1 Introduction 1.1 Pervasive Computing .................... ....... 1.2 Resource Discovery Protocols .................... .. 1.3 Motivation .................... ............. 1.4 Objective .................... ............. 1.5 Overview .................... .............. 2.1 Bluethooth .................... ............ 2.2 Universal Plug and Play .................... ..... 2.3 Service Location Protocol .................... .... 2.4 Jini .................... ................. 2.5 Other Technologies .................... ........ 2.5.1 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol .............. 2.5.2 Salutation Framewo