diff --git a/discovery/org.eclipse.rse.discovery/plugin.xml b/discovery/org.eclipse.rse.discovery/plugin.xml
index f0658760e12..ca6d9982547 100644
--- a/discovery/org.eclipse.rse.discovery/plugin.xml
+++ b/discovery/org.eclipse.rse.discovery/plugin.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
   
 Contributors:
    Javier Montalvo Orus (Symbian) - initial API and implementation
+   Javier Montalvo Orus (Symbian) - [plan] Improve Discovery and Autodetect in RSE
 -->
 
 <plugin>
@@ -28,14 +29,15 @@ Contributors:
   
    <extension
          point="org.eclipse.rse.core.systemTypes">
-	   <systemType id="org.eclipse.rse.systemtype.discovery"
-	          label="%DiscoverySystemLabel"
-            name="Discovery"
-			description="%DiscoverySystemDescription"
-			iconLive=""/>
+	   <systemType
+          description="%DiscoverySystemDescription"
+          id="org.eclipse.rse.systemtype.discovery"
+          label="%DiscoverySystemLabel"
+          name="Discovery"
+          />
 	</extension>
     
-    <!-- extension
+    <extension
          point="org.eclipse.rse.ui.subsystemConfigurations">
       <configuration
             systemTypeIds="org.eclipse.rse.systemtype.discovery"
@@ -43,12 +45,12 @@ Contributors:
             description="Service Discovery Wizard"
             iconlive=""
             icon=""
-            class="org.eclipse.rse.discovery.ServiceDiscoverySubSystemConfiguration"
+            class="org.eclipse.rse.internal.discovery.ServiceDiscoverySubSystemConfiguration"
             vendor="%providerName"
             priority="100"
             id="Discovery">
       </configuration>
-      </extension -->
+      </extension>
     
 </plugin>
 
diff --git a/discovery/org.eclipse.rse.discovery/src/org/eclipse/rse/internal/discovery/ServiceDiscoveryWizard.java b/discovery/org.eclipse.rse.discovery/src/org/eclipse/rse/internal/discovery/ServiceDiscoveryWizard.java
index 4b6fea2338b..3835158fea4 100644
--- a/discovery/org.eclipse.rse.discovery/src/org/eclipse/rse/internal/discovery/ServiceDiscoveryWizard.java
+++ b/discovery/org.eclipse.rse.discovery/src/org/eclipse/rse/internal/discovery/ServiceDiscoveryWizard.java
@@ -6,19 +6,27 @@
  * 
  * Contributors:
  *   Javier Montalvo Orus (Symbian) - initial API and implementation
+ *   Javier Montalvo Orus (Symbian) - [plan] Improve Discovery and Autodetect in RSE
  ********************************************************************************/
 
 package org.eclipse.rse.internal.discovery;
 
+
 import java.util.Enumeration;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.Vector;
 
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IConfigurationElement;
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IExtensionPoint;
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Platform;
 import org.eclipse.jface.wizard.IWizardPage;
 import org.eclipse.jface.wizard.Wizard;
 import org.eclipse.rse.core.model.IHost;
 import org.eclipse.rse.core.model.IPropertySet;
 import org.eclipse.rse.core.subsystems.IConnectorService;
+import org.eclipse.rse.core.subsystems.ISubSystem;
+import org.eclipse.rse.core.subsystems.ISubSystemConfiguration;
+import org.eclipse.rse.model.SystemRegistry;
 import org.eclipse.rse.ui.RSEUIPlugin;
 import org.eclipse.rse.ui.actions.SystemRefreshAllAction;
 import org.eclipse.tm.discovery.model.Pair;
@@ -32,8 +40,8 @@ import org.eclipse.tm.internal.discovery.wizard.ServiceDiscoveryWizardMainPage;
  */
 
 public class ServiceDiscoveryWizard extends Wizard {
+	
 	private ServiceDiscoveryWizardMainPage serviceDiscoveryMainPage;
-
 	private ServiceDiscoveryWizardDisplayPage serviceDiscoveryPage = null;
 
 	/**
@@ -76,60 +84,108 @@ public class ServiceDiscoveryWizard extends Wizard {
 	 */
 	public boolean performFinish() {
 
-		SystemRefreshAllAction systemRefreshAllAction = new SystemRefreshAllAction(null);
+		IExtensionPoint ep = Platform.getExtensionRegistry().getExtensionPoint("org.eclipse.rse.ui","subsystemConfigurations"); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
+		IConfigurationElement[] ce = ep.getConfigurationElements();
 		
+		SystemRefreshAllAction systemRefreshAllAction = new SystemRefreshAllAction(null);
+		SystemRegistry registry = RSEUIPlugin.getDefault().getSystemRegistry();
+				
 		String[] addresses = serviceDiscoveryPage.getAddresses();
 		for (int i = 0; i < addresses.length; i++) {
 
 			String hostName = addresses[i];
 			Vector discoveredServices = serviceDiscoveryPage.getSelectedServices(addresses[i]);
-
+			Vector subSystemConfigurationVector = new Vector();
+		
 			Enumeration serviceEnumeration = discoveredServices.elements();
-
+			
+			IHost conn = null;
+			try {
+				conn = registry.createHost("Discovery", "Discovery@" + hostName, hostName, "Discovered services in "+hostName);//$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$ //$NON-NLS-3$;
+			} catch (Exception e) {
+				RSEUIPlugin.getDefault().getSystemRegistry().deleteHost(conn);
+				return false;
+			} 
+			
 			while (serviceEnumeration.hasMoreElements()) {
-				IHost conn = null;
-
-				Service service = (Service) serviceEnumeration.nextElement();
-				String sysTypeString = ((ServiceType) service.eContainer()).getName();
-
-				try {
-					conn = RSEUIPlugin.getDefault().getSystemRegistry().createHost(sysTypeString, service.getName() + "@" + hostName, hostName, "Discovered "+sysTypeString+" server in "+hostName); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$ //$NON-NLS-3$
 				
-					if (conn != null) {
-						//copy discovered properties to RSE models
+				Service service = (Service) serviceEnumeration.nextElement();
+				
+				//discovered service name
+				String serviceName = ((ServiceType) service.eContainer()).getName();
+				
+				//discovered transport (tcp, udp)
+				String transport = null;
+				
+				Iterator pairIterator = service.getPair().iterator();
+				while (pairIterator.hasNext()) {
+					
+					Pair pair = (Pair) pairIterator.next();
+					if(pair.getKey().equals("transport")) //$NON-NLS-1$
+					{
+						transport = pair.getValue();
+					}
+				}
+				
+				//find the SubSystemConfiguration plugin that matches the name+transport
+				for (int j = 0; j < ce.length; j++) {
+					String typesList = ce[j].getAttribute("serviceType"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+					if(typesList!=null)
+					{
+						String[] types =  typesList.split(";"); //$NON-NLS-1$
 						
-						Iterator pairIterator = service.getPair().iterator();
-						IConnectorService[] services = conn.getConnectorServices();
-						IPropertySet ps;
-						
-						while (pairIterator.hasNext()) {
-							
-							Pair pair = (Pair) pairIterator.next();
-							
-							for(int j=0; j<services.length; j++)
+						for (int k = 0; k < types.length; k++) {
+							if(types[k].equals("_"+serviceName+"._"+transport)) //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
 							{
-									if((ps = services[j].getPropertySet(sysTypeString))==null)
-									{
-										ps = services[j].createPropertySet(sysTypeString);
-									}
-									ps.addProperty(pair.getKey(), pair.getValue());
+								ISubSystemConfiguration config = registry.getSubSystemConfiguration(ce[j].getAttribute("id")); //$NON-NLS-1$
+								IConnectorService connector = config.getConnectorService(conn);
+								IPropertySet propertySet;
+								pairIterator = service.getPair().iterator();
+								
+								while (pairIterator.hasNext()) {
 									
-									if (pair.getKey().equalsIgnoreCase(Messages.ServiceDiscoveryWizard_Port)) {
-										int port = Integer.parseInt(pair.getValue());
-										services[j].setPort(port);
+									Pair pair = (Pair) pairIterator.next();
+									
+									if((propertySet = connector.getPropertySet(Messages.ServiceDiscoveryWizard_DiscoveryPropertySet))==null) 
+									{
+										propertySet = connector.createPropertySet(Messages.ServiceDiscoveryWizard_DiscoveryPropertySet);
 									}
+									propertySet.addProperty(pair.getKey(), pair.getValue());
+								}
+								
+								subSystemConfigurationVector.add(config);
 							}
 						}
-						
-						RSEUIPlugin.getDefault().getSystemRegistry().expandHost(conn);
-					}
-				} catch (Exception e) {
-						RSEUIPlugin.getDefault().getSystemRegistry().deleteHost(conn);
-				} finally {
-					systemRefreshAllAction.run();
+					}	
+				}
+			}	
+				
+			ISubSystemConfiguration[] subSystemConfiguration = new ISubSystemConfiguration[subSystemConfigurationVector.size()];
+				
+			for (int j = 0; j < subSystemConfiguration.length; j++) {
+				subSystemConfiguration[j]=(ISubSystemConfiguration)subSystemConfigurationVector.elementAt(j);
+			}
+			
+			ISubSystem[] subSystem = registry.createSubSystems(conn, subSystemConfiguration);
+			
+			for (int j = 0; j < subSystem.length; j++) {
+				
+				
+				IConnectorService connector = subSystem[j].getConnectorService();
+				IPropertySet propertySet = connector.getPropertySet(Messages.ServiceDiscoveryWizard_DiscoveryPropertySet); 
+				if(propertySet.getProperty(Messages.ServiceDiscoveryWizard_Port)!=null)
+				{
+					int port = Integer.parseInt(propertySet.getPropertyValue(Messages.ServiceDiscoveryWizard_Port));
+					connector.setPort(port);
+					
 				}
 			}
+	
+			RSEUIPlugin.getDefault().getSystemRegistry().expandHost(conn);			
 		}
+		
+		systemRefreshAllAction.run();
+		
 		return true;
 	}
 
diff --git a/discovery/org.eclipse.tm.discovery.protocol.dnssd/src/org/eclipse/tm/internal/discovery/protocol/dnssd/DNSSDProtocol.java b/discovery/org.eclipse.tm.discovery.protocol.dnssd/src/org/eclipse/tm/internal/discovery/protocol/dnssd/DNSSDProtocol.java
index 4de1b56dbc5..a310d0beca5 100644
--- a/discovery/org.eclipse.tm.discovery.protocol.dnssd/src/org/eclipse/tm/internal/discovery/protocol/dnssd/DNSSDProtocol.java
+++ b/discovery/org.eclipse.tm.discovery.protocol.dnssd/src/org/eclipse/tm/internal/discovery/protocol/dnssd/DNSSDProtocol.java
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
  * 
  * Contributors:
  *   Javier Montalvo Orus (Symbian) - initial API and implementation
+ *   Javier Montalvo Orus (Symbian) - added transport key
+ *   Javier Montalvo Orus (Symbian) - [plan] Improve Discovery and Autodetect in RSE
  ********************************************************************************/
 
 package org.eclipse.tm.internal.discovery.protocol.dnssd;
@@ -117,7 +119,7 @@ public class DNSSDProtocol implements IProtocol {
 
 	// Patterns to parse service name and service type
 	
-	private final Pattern srvPattern = Pattern.compile("^(.+)\\._(.+)._.+\\.local."); //$NON-NLS-1$
+	private final Pattern srvPattern = Pattern.compile("^(.+)\\._(.+)._(.+)\\.local."); //$NON-NLS-1$
 	private final Pattern ptrPattern = Pattern.compile("^_(.+)._.+\\.local."); //$NON-NLS-1$
 	
 	private Resource resource = null;
@@ -554,6 +556,7 @@ public class DNSSDProtocol implements IProtocol {
 
 		String serviceName = null;
 		String serviceTypeName = null;
+		String serviceTransport = null;
 		
 		// Find if we have a serviceType with this name...
 		
@@ -562,6 +565,7 @@ public class DNSSDProtocol implements IProtocol {
 			{
 				serviceName = matcher.group(1);
 				serviceTypeName = matcher.group(2);
+				serviceTransport = matcher.group(3);
 			}
 	
 		
@@ -605,6 +609,15 @@ public class DNSSDProtocol implements IProtocol {
 			serviceType.getService().add(service);
 		}
 		
+		//add discovered transport
+		if(serviceTransport != null)
+		{
+			Pair transportPair = ModelFactory.eINSTANCE.createPair();
+			transportPair.setKey("transport"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+			transportPair.setValue(serviceTransport);
+			service.getPair().add(transportPair);
+		}
+		
 		//process "key=value" pairs
 		
 		StringBuffer dataBuffer = new StringBuffer();
diff --git a/discovery/org.eclipse.tm.discovery.wizard/src/org/eclipse/tm/internal/discovery/wizard/ServiceDiscoveryWizardDisplayPage.java b/discovery/org.eclipse.tm.discovery.wizard/src/org/eclipse/tm/internal/discovery/wizard/ServiceDiscoveryWizardDisplayPage.java
index 5b752b612ee..c6b69b69def 100644
--- a/discovery/org.eclipse.tm.discovery.wizard/src/org/eclipse/tm/internal/discovery/wizard/ServiceDiscoveryWizardDisplayPage.java
+++ b/discovery/org.eclipse.tm.discovery.wizard/src/org/eclipse/tm/internal/discovery/wizard/ServiceDiscoveryWizardDisplayPage.java
@@ -6,17 +6,20 @@
  * 
  * Contributors:
  *   Javier Montalvo Orus (Symbian) - initial API and implementation
+ *   Javier Montalvo Orus (Symbian) - [plan] Improve Discovery and Autodetect in RSE
  ********************************************************************************/
 
 package org.eclipse.tm.internal.discovery.wizard;
 
 import java.net.UnknownHostException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Hashtable;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Vector;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
-import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Button;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IConfigurationElement;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IExtensionPoint;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Platform;
@@ -51,6 +54,7 @@ import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Rectangle;
 import org.eclipse.swt.layout.FillLayout;
 import org.eclipse.swt.layout.GridData;
 import org.eclipse.swt.layout.GridLayout;
+import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Button;
 import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite;
 import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Event;
 import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Listener;
@@ -108,9 +112,13 @@ public class ServiceDiscoveryWizardDisplayPage extends WizardPage {
 	private String protocolName = null;
 	private int timeOut = 500; 
 	
+	//format of serviceType attribute list of names and transports 
+	//of extension point org.eclipse.ui.subsystemConfigurations
+	private final Pattern serviceTypeFormat = Pattern.compile("_(.+)\\._(.+)"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+	
 	private Service lastSelectedService = null;
 	
-	private Vector supportedServicesType = new Vector();
+	private Hashtable supportedServicesType = new Hashtable();
 	
 	/**
 	 * Constructor for the wizard page performing and displayin the results of the service discovery
@@ -135,12 +143,36 @@ public class ServiceDiscoveryWizardDisplayPage extends WizardPage {
 		//load all service id's from the extension point registry
 		//this id will be used to filter the supported sytem types
 		
-		IExtensionPoint ep = Platform.getExtensionRegistry().getExtensionPoint("org.eclipse.rse.core","systemTypes"); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
+		IExtensionPoint ep = Platform.getExtensionRegistry().getExtensionPoint("org.eclipse.rse.ui","subsystemConfigurations"); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
 		IConfigurationElement[] ce = ep.getConfigurationElements();
 		for (int i = 0; i < ce.length; i++) {
-			String id = ce[i].getAttribute("name"); //$NON-NLS-1$
-			if(id!=null)
-				supportedServicesType.add(id);
+			String type = ce[i].getAttribute("serviceType"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+			
+			if(type!=null)
+			{
+				String[] variants = type.split(";"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+				
+				for (int j = 0; j < variants.length; j++) {
+					Matcher match = serviceTypeFormat.matcher(variants[j]); 
+					if(match.matches())
+					{
+						String name = match.group(1);
+						String transport = match.group(2);
+						if(supportedServicesType.containsKey(name))
+						{
+							//insert new transport
+							((Vector)supportedServicesType.get(name)).add(transport);
+						}
+						else
+						{
+							//create vector with new transport
+							Vector transports = new Vector();
+							transports.add(transport);
+							supportedServicesType.put(name,transports);
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}	
 		}
 		
 		this.query = query;
@@ -361,17 +393,52 @@ public class ServiceDiscoveryWizardDisplayPage extends WizardPage {
 
 			public boolean select(Viewer viewer, Object parentElement, Object element) {
 				boolean supported = true; 
+				
 				if(element instanceof ServiceType) {
+					
+					//check if the service type is in the supported list
 					String serviceTypeName = ((ServiceType)element).getName();
-					if(!supportedServicesType.contains(serviceTypeName))
+					if(!supportedServicesType.containsKey(serviceTypeName))
 					{
 						supported = false;
 					}
+				}
+				
+				if(element instanceof Service) {
+				
+					//if the discovered transport value is not contained in the list of supported transports filter this service
+					supported = false;
+					
+					String serviceTypeName = ((ServiceType)((Service)element).eContainer()).getName();
+				
+					//check if the transport service is supported
+					Vector transports = (Vector)supportedServicesType.get(serviceTypeName);
+					Iterator it = ((Service)element).getPair().iterator();
+					while(it.hasNext())
+					{	
+						Pair pair = (Pair)it.next();
+						if(pair.getKey().equalsIgnoreCase("transport")) //$NON-NLS-1$
+						{
+								String transport = pair.getValue();
+								
+								for (int i = 0; i < transports.size(); i++) {
+									if(((String)transports.elementAt(i)).equalsIgnoreCase(transport))
+									{
+										//found a supported transport
+										supported = true;
+									}
+								}
+						}
+						
+					}
+					
 				 }
 				return supported;
-		
+				
 			}};
 			
+			
+			
 		((ContainerCheckedTreeViewer) viewerPaneTree.getViewer()).addFilter(filter);			
 		
 	}
diff --git a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.subsystems.files.ftp/plugin.xml b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.subsystems.files.ftp/plugin.xml
index cfd8d7d445d..403c1c9af3b 100644
--- a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.subsystems.files.ftp/plugin.xml
+++ b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.subsystems.files.ftp/plugin.xml
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ Michael Berger, David Dykstal, Phil Coulthard, Don Yantzi, Eric Simpson,
 Emily Bruner, Mazen Faraj, Adrian Storisteanu, Li Ding, and Kent Hawley.
 
 Contributors:
-Javier Montalvo Orús (Symbian) - add Windows to list of valid FTP systems
+Javier Montalvo Orus (Symbian) - add Windows to list of valid FTP systems
 Martin Oberhuber (Wind River) - add FTP Only system type
+Javier Montalvo Orus (Symbian) - [plan] Improve Discovery and Autodetect in RSE
 -->
 <?eclipse version="3.1"?>
 <plugin>
@@ -37,8 +38,9 @@ Martin Oberhuber (Wind River) - add FTP Only system type
             class="org.eclipse.rse.subsystems.files.ftp.FTPFileSubSystemConfiguration"
             vendor="%providerName"
             priority="100"
-            id="ftp.files">
+            id="ftp.files"
+            serviceType="_ftp._tcp">
       </configuration>
       </extension>
   
-</plugin> 
\ No newline at end of file
+</plugin> 
diff --git a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.ui/schema/subsystemConfigurations.exsd b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.ui/schema/subsystemConfigurations.exsd
index 64ad2f76a1b..1a752315844 100644
--- a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.ui/schema/subsystemConfigurations.exsd
+++ b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.ui/schema/subsystemConfigurations.exsd
@@ -160,6 +160,16 @@ Note that ServiceSubSystems that share the same service should always use the sa
                </documentation>
             </annotation>
          </attribute>
+         <attribute name="serviceType" type="string">
+            <annotation>
+               <documentation>
+                  This optional attribute allows providing a semicolon separated list of standard names and transports expected to be used by service discovery servers to advertise this service. 
+The name is usually the keyword used by the IANA in the port number allocation (http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers) or in DNS SRV service types (RFC 2782) (http://www.dns-sd.org/ServiceTypes.html).
+
+For example, this attribute could be &lt;code&gt;serviceType=&quot;_ftp._tcp;_ftp._udp&quot;&lt;/code&gt; to advertise a subsystem that supports ftp servers using tcp and udp transport.
+               </documentation>
+            </annotation>
+         </attribute>
       </complexType>
    </element>
 
@@ -183,6 +193,7 @@ Note that ServiceSubSystems that share the same service should always use the sa
          class=&quot;com.acme.tools.db.DBSubSystemFactory&quot;
          category=&quot;databases&quot;
          vendor=&quot;ACME&quot;
+         serviceType=&quot;_database._tcp;_database._udp&quot;
       &gt;
      &lt;/configuration&gt;
    &lt;/extension&gt;
@@ -235,6 +246,7 @@ available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 Contributors:
 IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
 Uwe Stieber (Wind River) - systemTypeIds attribute extensions
+Javier Montalvo Orus (Symbian) - [plan] Improve Discovery and Autodetect in RSE
       </documentation>
    </annotation>