A mobile agent-based advanced service architecture for Wireless Internet Telephony: Design, implementation, and evaluation

IEEE Transactions on Computers

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 690-705

  Emako, Bertrand ^a   Glitho, Roch H ^a   Pierre, Samuel ^b  

^a ERICSSON RESEARCH   (Sweden)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agent based architecture; Internet telephony; Mobile agent; Service mobility; Susbscription handling

Indexed keywords

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; PACKET NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

MOBILE AGENTS;

INTERNET TELEPHONY;

EID: 0037705513     PISSN: 00189340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TC.2003.1204826     Document Type: Article

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