Service and Device Discovery / Edition 1

by Golden G Richard III, M Spencer

Overview

When you turn on your cell phone, the first thing you see is the message looking for service. During the delay to follow your phone is busy locating the network and negotiating admission to it. This is called programming service discovery interfaces; it is not easy, but it's a prerequisite for all telecom services. This title teaches developers how to do it right. It explains and compares competing platforms: Bluetooth, Jini, Salutation, SLP and UPnP.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071379595
Publisher:	McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Publication date:	06/21/2002
Series:	Developer's Guides (McGraw-Hill)
Pages:	420
Product dimensions:	7.44(w) x 9.32(h) x 1.15(d)

Table of Contents

PrefaceAcknowledgments CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO SERVICE DISCOVERY Introduction Service Discovery Features Common Characteristics Service Discovery Sites Applications Interoperability, or Why Learn a Bunch of Protocols? CHAPTER 2: JINI WORKS ITS MAGIC Leasing Clients, Services, and Renewal Jini Security Other Jini Components CHAPTER 3: SLP: An IETF Protocol for Service Discovery Overview of Service Location Protocol Goals of the Chapter Essential Details SLP Agents Designing SLP Applications: The SLP API Configuration DHCP Issues Security CHAPTER 4: UNIVERSAL PLUG AND PLAY: EXTENDING PLUG AND PLAY TO THE NETWORK Overview of Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) Universal Plug and Play Protocols in Detail Where's the Code? CHAPTER 5: BLUETOOTH SERVICE DISCOVERY PROTOCOL Bluetooth Overview A Sample API: Digianswer's Bluetooth Software Suite INDEX