Patent ID: 8103715
Filing Date: 2012-01-24
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for managing a mobile agent in a network, wherein the mobile agent is configured with at least a capability to cause itself to move between nodes in the network, the computer-implemented method comprising: detecting that the mobile agent has moved from a first network element in the network to a second network element in the network; in response to detecting that the mobile agent has moved from the first network element in the network to the second network element in the network, determining whether a network management process received a request issued by the mobile agent to perform the move from the first network element in the network to the second network element in the network; in response to determining that the network management process received the request issued by the mobile agent to perform the move from the first network element in the network to the second network element in the network, determining whether the mobile agent moved from the first network element in the network to the second network element in the network prior to the network management process receiving from the mobile agent the request issued by the mobile agent to perform the move from the first network element in the network to the second network element in the network; and in response to determining that the mobile agent moved from the first network element in the network to the second network element in the network prior to the network management process receiving from the mobile agent a request issued by the mobile agent to perform the move from the first network element in the network to the second network element in the network, the network management process causing the mobile agent to be terminated.