SNAF: a service naming and addressing framework for SerAN platform

One key component of an Ambient Network are the services it offers to the users, services like calendars, agenda, object localization, network information, etc. In this paper, we propose a service naming and addressing framework (SNAF) and their implementation into the SerAN (Service advanced management for Ambient Networks) platform. SNAF is based in a decentralized distributed hash table (DHT) and a P2P Pastry system. The SNAF framework allows managing services using Web services technology. It implements two main functions: by one hand, the name service function which allows users to publish services in the SerAN platform; and by other hand the address service function which allows users to access the services. The framework offers services to heterogeneous platforms and also an interactive interface to help end users on the parameter selection for the service they have chosen.