MECHANISM TO SUPPORT TRANSPARENT ROAMING IN HETEROGENEOUS SERVICE DISCOVERY SYSTEMS

摘要

A method allows a device or client to perform service discovery, service advertisement, and/or service invocation during a roaming transition from a first network or network domain employing a first service discovery, advertisement, and/or invocation protocol to a second network or network domain employing a second service discovery, advertisement, and/or invocation protocol. The method includes issuing service discovery requests and receiving service discovery responses, and receiving service discovery requests and issuing service discovery responses. It also includes issuing service advertisements and receiving service advertisements. It further includes issuing service descriptions and receiving service descriptions across multiple service discovery protocols and in multiple service description formats.