MultiServ: a service-oriented framework for multihop wireless networks

In order to enable fast deployment of new emerging services over multihop wireless networks, it is important to design an efficient service-based platform with the necessary traffic management capabilities. In this paper, we propose a new distributed service-oriented framework for wireless multihop networks, called MultiServ, in which it adopts a quantitative approach toward optimal traffic distribution. Under Multiserv framework, an efficient overlay network can be easily constructed that can greatly facilitate the deployment of new services. We use media streaming and application level multicast as examples to illustrate how the services can be supported. The performance results demonstrate that MultiServ can substantially outperform the conventional approach and achieves comparable performance obtained by a centralized scheme.