摘要 |
<p>An entry gateway server (3) is provided to support mobile devices (5) in the discovery process of local services (2). It optimises the discovery process and performs the discovery process for the mobile devices (5). In such a way the usage of communication and computation resources can be reduced. This indirectly leads to the saving of battery and therefore to a longer operation of the mobile device (5). Furthermore, the entry gateway server (EGS) (3) provides pre-configured service usage templates thus reducing the overhead to configure the provided information to the user's needs. Therefore, the EGS system can be a part of a general ad-hoc computing system allowing a (mobile) user (7) optimised access to local resources (2). <IMAGE></p> |