Mobile agents are autonomous, asynchronous and, optionally, intelligent software entities which can migrate to and reside in a number of network nodes. In our proposal mobile agents are used for collecting subscriber information on the terminal side in mobile communication networks. Mobile agents are sent out by the network part for collecting information, such as location area identifier and c...

 In this paper, we present DTP (Distributed Task Plan), a model to depict distributed tasks for executions by mobile agents. DTP is composed of autonomous primitives and can generate the autonomous workflow when a mobile agent executes it. DTP provides mobile agents with navigational and computational autonomies when transporting through the underlying computational network. A mobile agent pla...

The idea of active networks has been emerged in recent years to increase the processing power inside the network. The intermediate nodes such as routers will be able to host mobile agents and many management tasks can be handled using autonomous mobile agents inside the network. One of the important limitations, which should be considered in active networks, is the restricted processing power o...

The mobile agent technology is a new paradigm of distributed computing that can replace the conventional client-server model. However, it has not become popular due to some problems such as security. The fact that computers have complete control over all the programs makes it very hard to protect mobile agents from untrusted hosts. In this paper we propose a security approach for mobile agents,...

Mobile Agents are regarded as a promising paradigm for future distributed computing. Among essential features of mobile agents, communication is a fundamental ability that enables mobile agents to cooperate with each other. But the presence of mobility raises a number of new challenges in designing message delivery protocols for effective and efficient communications between mobile agents, espe...

With their special ability to operate disconnected and autonomously mobile agents are well suited for wireless access networks: Mobile user can dispatch mobile agents to the xed network. While the agent operates autonomously in the xed network, the user's mobile device disconnects. Reconnection is only required when the agent needs user feedback or returns results. Thus, mobile agents have the ...

Mobile agents are a form of software agents that migrate from device to device, performing their job in an unobtrusive manner. Mobile agents are particularly useful for pervasive computing as they are lightweight processes that allow for the delegation of tasks, have migratory characteristics, and operate regardless of whether the device they are on is connected to the network. However, in orde...

Interoperability is a central issue for both the mobile agents community and the wider agents community. Unfortunately, the interoperability concerns are different between the two communities. As a result, inter-agent communication is an issue that has been addressed in a limited manner by the mobile agents community. Agent communication languages (ACLs) have been developed as tools with the ca...

Adapting graphical user interface (GUI) to meet higher level of usability for users is one of the most interesting questions of today’s mobile computation. Users should have GUI constructed to meet their needs, habits and expectations. In this paper, we discuss existing solutions and present a solution based on mobile agents. Mobile agents ’learn’ users’ habits, cooperate with other agents and ...

Mobile agents are autonomous objects that can migrate from one host to another within a computer network. Concurrent execution of multiple mobile agents requires a concurrency control for data consistency. Some mobile agent applications, such as information retrieval, do not need a concurrency control, but most applications, for example workflow and electronic commerce, require such a control o...