UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING (UBICOMP) SERVICE DETECTION BY NETWORK TOMOGRAPHY

摘要

Technologies are generally described to employ network tomography to detect an uncooperative device and identify services associated with the uncooperative device. In some examples, employing network tomography over a probed network segment between two or more cooperative devices may enable an activity of cooperative and/or any uncooperative device(s) on the network to be profiled. A service finder application may then be executed to compare an activity profile of the uncooperative device against activity profiles of known network devices within an identification database to identify one or more services. Action strategies may then be determined within an action database, and an action may be suggested to enable cooperation and cross-use of the uncooperative device within the network based on recognized services. Example action strategies may include enabling installation of software, prompting of a user to perform an action, and/or arranging for cooperation.