Thesis (M. App. Sc.)--Carleton University, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-183). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Thesis (M.C.S.)--Carleton University, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 162-167). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Thesis (M.C.S.) - Carleton University, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-130). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph.D.) - Carleton University, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-215). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Thesis (M.App.Sc.) - Carleton University, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 96-98). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Thesis (M.C.S.)--Carleton University, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 81-84). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Thesis (M.S.)--Georgia State University, 2005. / Title from title screen. Raj Sunderraman, committee chair; Anu G. Bourgeois, Yanqing Zhang, committee members. Electronic text (92 p. : ill. (some col.)) : digital, PDF file. Description based on contents viewed May 25, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 57-58).

Orientador: Maria Beatriz Felgar de Toledo / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Computação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-07T04:30:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Viana_GiovanniBogea_M.pdf: 694479 bytes, checksum: 8f1fc7bfaffc85403fba40175dcebd16 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006 / Resumo: Esta dissertação apresenta um modelo de transações para ambientes de computação móvel que leva em conta o dinamismo e interatividade nesse ambiente. Para lidar com o dinamismo, tanto aplicações como o gerenciador da transação e os objetos participantes de uma transação são executados como agentes e podem se mover a critério da aplicação. As responsabilidades de adaptação ao dinamismo do ambiente são divididas entre aplicações e o sistema de apoio. O sistema monitora o ambiente e envia notificações às aplicações sobre variações no ambiente. As aplicações decidem sobre as políticas para se adaptar às mudanças. Para lidar com a interatividade, as operações de uma transação podem ser submetidas passo-a-passo e o usuário pode adotar as estratégias mais adequadas conforme as necessidades da aplicação e as mudanças no ambiente / Abstract: This dissertation presents a transaction model for mobile computing environments that takes into account their dynamism and interactivity. To deal with dynamism, applications, transaction managers and participating objects are executed as agents which can move as commanded by the application. The responsabilities for adaptation are divided between the applications and the underlying system. The system monitors the environment and sends notifications to applications about variations in the environment. Applications decide about policies to adapt to changes. To deal with interactivity, operations of one transaction may be submitted step-by-step and the user is able to adopt the best strategies considering application requirements and changes in the environment / Mestrado / Mestre em Ciência da Computação

Mobile agents hold significant benefits for the rapid expansion of Internet applications and current trends in computing. Despite continued interest, the promised deployment has not taken place, indicating a need for a programming model to introduce novice mobile agent programmers to this environment/paradigm. Accordingly the research question asked was, ”Since novice mobile agent programmers1 require a paradigm shift to construct successful systems, how can they be equipped to grasp the contextual issues and gain the necessary skills within reasonable time limits?” To answer the question, a complete reference providing contextual information and knowledge of mobile agent system development was compiled. Simultaneously novices are introduced to agent orientation. A generic mobile agent system architectural model, incorporating guidelines for programming mobile agents, further provides a framework that can be used to design a mobile agent system. These two structures are presented in a knowledge base that serves as a referencing tool to unlock concepts and knowledge units to novices while developing mobile agent systems. / Computing / (M.Sc. (Computer Science))

With the fast development of wireless networks and devices, Mobile IP is expected to be used widely so that mobile users can access the Internet anywhere, anytime without interruption. However, some problems, such as firewall traversal and use of private IP addresses, restrict use of Mobile IP. The objective of this thesis is to design original schemes that can enable a mobile node at abroad to access its home network as well as the Internet securely and that can help Mobile IP to be used widely and commercially. Our solutions are secure, efficient, and scalable. They can be implemented and maintained easily. In this thesis, we mainly consider Mobile IPv4, instead of Mobile IPv6. Three research topics are discussed. In each topic, the challenges are investigated and the new solutions are presented. The first research topic solves the firewall traversal problems in Mobile IP. A mobile node cannot access its firewall-protected home network if it fails the authentication by the firewall. We propose that an IPsec tunnel be established between the firewall and the foreign agent for firewall traversal and that an IPsec transport security association be shared by the mobile node and a correspondent node for end-to-end security. The second topic researches further on firewall traversal problems and investigates the way of establishing security associations among network entities. A new security model and a new key distribution method are developed. With the help of the security model and keys, the firewall and the relevant network entities set up IPsec security associations to achieve firewall traversal. A mobile node from a private home network cannot communicate with other hosts with its private home address when it is visiting a public foreign network. A novel and useful solution is presented in the third research topic. We suggest that the mobile node use its Network Access Identifier (NAI) as its identification and obtain a public home address from its home agent. In addition, a new tunnel between the mobile node and its home agent is proposed.