Method for searching services, resources and/or functionalities in a network wherein the network comprises a multitude of nodes to which routable network addresses are assigned, and wherein the services, resources and/or functionalities which are to be searched, are specified by a source node (Q) that is characterized in that a corresponding direction is specified within the network by at least one destination node (Z) and/or nodes near to the destination node (Z), by which a routing path is defined between the source node (Q) and the corresponding destination node (Z), and characterized in that only pre-configurable nodes near to the routing path between source node (Q) and destination node (Z) are included in the search.