Agent negotiation in ad-hoc networks

In this paper we investigate the means to deploy on handheld devices personal agents that negotiate in Bluetooth-based ad-hoc networks. We implemented a test application called advertising on mobile phones (ADOMO), in which a personal agent executed on a handheld device, negotiates and establishes contracts with commercial agents in its neighborhood. The objects of the contracts are commercial advertisements (ads) to be displayed on the device´s screen in exchange for a small benefit. We describe an implementation of this application and obtained results. The agents were deployed on both a PocketPC and a smart phone.