Takashi Nishigaya

DUET: an agent-based personal communications network

The authors propose a network architecture that provides access to resources on different networks in a manner that is transparent to the user. They named this network distributed user-assistant for easy telecommunications (DUET). Personal agents manage resources for the users and allow each user to customize his/her communication services. This architecture is especially suitable to advanced personal communications integrating real-time voice and non-real-time messaging services. >

Proposal of agent‐based network architecture distributed user‐agent for easy telecommunication

This paper describes a new network architecture for personal communication services that provides transparent connectivity to different physical networks. We call this system DUET (Distributed User-agent for Easy Telecommuication). In this system both user information and customized service logic are managed independently by a distributed personal agent (PA) that is identified by the personal ID. The location information of users and terminals is managed by distributed area agents (AAs). Each PA interacts with other PAs and AAs to support flexible person-to-person communications in a heterogeneous network environment including mobile terminals.