MOBILE AGENTS FOR PROVIDING MOBILE COMPUTERS WITH DATA SERVICES
Abstract:
Nowadays, the interest in mobile computing is growing and many issues related to it are aim of research. In this paper, we propose a system that provides mobile computers with new data services, such as renting data lockers, Internet a la carte, etc. The basic idea behind the system is to combine the use of the indirect model and the mobile agent technology. According to the indirect model our system incorporates several functions and services in an intermediary element that relieves the mobile computers from many tasks and increases their capabilities. Mobile agent technology may reduce the workload in the mobile computers by defining agents that represent them and that can be executed in the intermediary element and in other places. We present in this paper an overview of the functional and operational features of the system.
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