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Mobile Agents: A Key for Effective Pervasive Computing

Abstract
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The  recent  evolution of  small-sized  electronic  devices and  their
growing computational power turned  the concept of pervasive computing
into  a  reality not  very  distant  in  the future.  Researchers  are
currently   developing   systems  to   provide   the  basic   software
infrastructure   needed  for   next  generation   pervasive  computing
environments. In these systems,  however, the possibilities offered by
the use of mobile agents are being overlooked. In this paper, we argue
that  mobile agents,  due to  its  inherent flexibility,  can bring  a
number  of benefits  to pervasive  computing systems.  Furthermore, we
propose a novel architecture that  uses mobile agents to perform three
common   tasks  of   pervasive  computing   more   eficiently:  system
adaptation, component updates and QoS negotiation.