Such tools should be capable of providing a single point of contact when the service is inadequate and other functions. Service management tools are important when services must be provided by multiple service providers. Home network Proposals are sought in order to develop a full definition of the desirable attributes of an in-home network, and the set of requirements in order to develop same. An inventory of functionalities and of classes of likely terminal equipment is also requested. An agent is an autonomous object operating on behalf of user, through the network on one or more servers and services.
Agents enable very flexible services both for the user and service provider.
This requires we establish an environment within the network servers and STUs that includes mechanisms and rules so that agents can live, work and negotiate with other agents. Service scalability Services need to scale from low bandwidth delivery to high, from low resolution displays to high, and this should be achieved in the future without modifying the semantics of the content. The actual conversion may be proprietary, but standards are needed to enable wide use. An infrastructure capable of handling, managing and storing the flows of multimedia information in the home.