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Arrangement for improving availability of services in a communication system

US6332081A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 5, 1999
Grant dateDec 18, 2001
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Expiry dateOct 5, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W80/04
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to an arrangement for improving availability of services in a communications system, especially a telecommunications system, said system comprising distributed hardware and software components which interact in order to provide services to one or more users, and primarily the invention suggests that this improvement can be implemented by introducing in said system a user mobility support, for thereby enabling application availability including personal mobility. More specifically, the present invention suggests the introduction of user mobility support in distributed systems, and specifically by using agent technology which allows modification of internal implementation of agents without effecting the rest of the system.

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