Design and implementation of cooperative platform for multiple devices based on multi-agent system in ubiquitous networking environment

Abstract

With the development of embedded and communication technology, along with the rapid popularization of smart mobile devices in recent years, the communication techniques in ubiquitous networking becomes more and more mature and variety, ranging from wireless communication techniques in long distance such as WiMAX and 3G to wireless communication techniques in moderate distance such as WiFi, as well as wireless communication techniques in short distance such as Bluetooth and ZigBee. Smart mobile devices can take advantages of various communication techniques in ubiquitous networking to connect, discover and communicate to each other, forming into groups to realize cooperation among multiple devices in ubiquitous networking environment. Combined with the application context of cooperation among multiple devices on entertainment in the scene of smart home, ubiquitous networking techniques and smart mobile devices are adopted while a method of group management for multiple devices in ubiquitous networking is put up. And a cooperative platform in ubiquitous networking based on a multi-agent framework, named JADE, is designed and implemented. Last but not least, a prototype system is given to validate the feasibility and the performance. © 2013 Springer-Verlag.