Intelligence in Services and Networks Paving the Way for an Open Service Market: 6th International Conference on Intelligence and Services in Networks, IS&N’99 Barcelona, Spain, April 27–29, 1999 Proceedings

Towards Future Telecommunications Management Architectures....Pages 1-2
A Practical Perspective on TMN Evolution....Pages 3-12
Accounting Management in a TINA-Based Service and Network Environment....Pages 13-24
A New Architecture for Open and Distributed Network Management....Pages 25-37
Intelligence in Brokerage and Retrieval....Pages 39-40
Self-Organization and Learning in MultiAgent Based Brokerage Services....Pages 41-54
Open Architecture for Distributed Search Systems....Pages 55-69
Building Topic-Specific Collections with Intelligent Agents....Pages 70-82
Interworking....Pages 83-83
Design of the CORBA/TC Inter-working Gateway....Pages 84-100
CORBA Interworking over SS.7....Pages 101-113
Signalling System No. 7 as an Agent Platform Message Transport Protocol....Pages 114-127
Issues in Agent Technology....Pages 129-130
Usability Challenges in Agent Based Services....Pages 131-142
Management of Mobile Agent Based Services....Pages 143-154
Mobile Agent Security — Issues and Directions....Pages 155-167
A CORBA Environment Supporting Mobile Objects....Pages 168-180
Component Reuse....Pages 181-182
Web-Based Service Customization in an IN-TINA Environment....Pages 183-193
Customizing Telecommunication Services: Patterns, Issues, and Models....Pages 194-209
Modelling Management Components for Reuse Using UML....Pages 210-222
Automated Design of Modular SNMP-CORBA Gateways and Their Application for the Development of an ADSL Access Network Manager....Pages 223-238
Mobility Management....Pages 239-239
Roaming Aspects of Ubiquitous Mobile Service Support....Pages 240-249
A Personal Naming and Directory Service for UMTS Users....Pages 250-262
The Application of Mobile Agent Technology to Mobility Management in MARINE....Pages 263-274
Service Creation....Pages 275-276
Alignment of the TOSCA and SCREEN Approaches to Service Creation....Pages 277-290
Service Logic Deployment and Distribution Configuration....Pages 291-304
Simplifying Real-Time Multimedia Application Development Using Session Descriptions....Pages 305-314
An Environment for IN Service Prototyping and Validation....Pages 315-327
Towards the Seamless Integration of Mobile Agents into Service Creation Practice....Pages 328-341
The Pros and Cons of Using SDL for Creation of Distributed Services....Pages 342-354
Multimedia Services & Security....Pages 355-356
Audio/Video Stream Binding in a Pan-European Service Management Platform....Pages 357-372
Java Enabled MPEG-4 Services: The MPEG-J Framework....Pages 373-384
Key Management Framework for IP Multicast Infrastructure Security....Pages 385-397
Mobility in TINA....Pages 399-400
Performance Evaluation of an Allocation Strategy for TINA Compliant Mobile Agents Supporting PCS in a Multi-retailer Environment....Pages 401-415
Locating TINA User Agents: Strategies for a Broker Federation and Their Comparison....Pages 416-428
Agent-Based Service and Retailer Selection in a Personal Mobility Context....Pages 429-442
Distributed Intelligence in Services and Networks....Pages 443-445
Modularization of TINA Reference Points for Information Networking....Pages 446-458
Relevance of Existing Intelligent Network Infrastructure to the Internet....Pages 459-468
Introduction of DOT/MAT into a Broadband IN Architecture for Flexible Service Provision....Pages 469-481
The Use of TINA Principles in the Management of Internet Multimedia Conferences....Pages 482-498
Agent Support for Resource, Network, and Enterprise Management....Pages 499-500
Knowledge Modelling in Multiagent Systems: The Case of the Management of a National Network....Pages 501-513
Multi-agent System for Network Resource Management....Pages 514-526
Efficiency Evaluation of a Mobile Agent Based Network Management System....Pages 527-535
A Mobile Intelligent Agent Based Virtual Enterprise Support Environment....Pages 536-549