MOBILE PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKING

摘要

The present invention relates to mobile peer-to-peer networking over mobile wireless communication networks. In particular, there is introduced a mobile peer-to-peer protocol suite spanning from the network layer to the application layer, where the upper peer-to-peer network protocol layer specifies search criteria for retrieval of shared services resources in the mobile communication network extending beyond address information, e.g., proximity. These criteria are signalled to a lower layer network protocol to perform extended routing. This allows to enhance performance of retrieval of service-related resources in the network, e.g., according to proximity of nodes and/or service types.