An XML-based multi-agent system for the user-oriented management of QoS in telecommunications networks

Author

De Meo, Pasquale ; Mbale, Jameson ; Terracina, Giorgio ; Ursino, Domenico

Author_Institution

DIMET, Universita di Reggio Calabria, Italy

fYear

2003

fDate

13-16 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

96

Lastpage

102

Abstract

In this paper, we propose XICOMASQ, an XML-based multi-agent system for the user-oriented management of QoS in telecommunications networks. XICOMASQ is characterized by the following features: (i) it is strongly subjective, i.e. it handles network management activities according to user preferences represented by a user profile; (ii) it can operate on a large variety of telecommunications networks; (iii) it is semi-automatic; (iv) it is XML-based, i.e. it exploits XML for guaranteeing a light, versatile and standard mechanism for information management and exchange.

Keywords

XML; multi-agent systems; quality of service; telecommunication computing; telecommunication network management; XICOMASQ; XML based multiagent system; information exchange; information management; network management; telecommunciations network; user preferences; user profile; user-oriented QoS management; Bandwidth; Computer network management; Computer science; Intelligent networks; Multiagent systems; Quality management; Quality of service; Technology management; Telecommunication network management; XML;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Agent Technology, 2003. IAT 2003. IEEE/WIC International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1931-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IAT.2003.1241054

Filename

1241054