Universal Access for Roaming User via Mobile Agent Technology

Lawrence Y. Deng; Timothy K. Shih; Teh-Sheng Huang; Chun-Hung Huang; Ruei-Xi Chen; Yang-Lang Chang

doi:10.6180/jase.2002.5.3.06

Universal Access for Roaming User via Mobile Agent Technology

Computer Science and Information Engineering

Lawrence Y. Deng This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.¹ , Timothy K. Shih This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.² , Teh-Sheng Huang² , Chun-Hung Huang² , Ruei-Xi Chen² and Yang-Lang Chang²

¹St. John's & St. Mary's Institute of Technology Aletheia University Tamsui, Taiwan, R.O.C.
²Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering Tamkang University Tamsui, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Received: June 22, 2001
Accepted: August 16, 2002
Publication Date: September 1, 2002

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ABSTRACT

Mobile agents refer to self-contained and identifiable computer programs that can migrate along the network and can act on behalf of the user or other agents. Mobile agents often work on heterogeneous network and operating system environment. Therefore, an integrated logical interface to access physical structure via mobile agent application is become more and more urgent. In this paper, we proposed a tracking and persistent agent-based mobility management system in the case of distance learning. The main purpose of our system is addressed to achieve the universal access objective. In order to let the whole mobility management system full play, we encapsulated the utility tools to be a role-setting object. The role-setting object is an application-driven component, which can provide customization benefits for user and matching the user’s demands. These integrated technologies are sufficient in distance learning (virtual university) environment.

Keywords: Mobile Agent, Agent Communication Network, Agent Evolution States, Persistence Look-and-feel, Client Agent and Server Agent

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