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Abstract:
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The mobile agent paradigm for distributed systems is inherently suitable for many applications ranging from network management to e -commerce . One inherent problem to its wide spread use is communication between disparate agent platforms and reducing overheads while doing the same . Not all platforms for mobile agents are the same . The Mobile Agent Facility (MAF ) proposal is an attempt to standardize this execution environment , this thesis proposes a framework extending the current MAF specification , by which inter -agent communication can be achieved in a more scalable fashion by interpreter based mobile agent systems . The future of the Internet depends on its ability to transmit video /audio signals over it , the mobile agent paradigm , by its inherent nature saves a lot of bandwidth , and can achieve the above requirement , to corroborate this , a decentralized videoconference using mobile agents (IBM -Aglets ) , that aims to dynamically adapt itself to changing network conditions , was implemented . |