Title :
A design of agent-based multimedia component in Flexible Network Layer
Author :
Takahashi, Akiko ; Konno, Susumu ; Suganuma, Takuo ; Kinoshita, Tetsuo ; Shiratori, Norio
Author_Institution :
Res. Inst. of Electr. Commun., Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan
Abstract :
We describe an agent-based design of multimedia processing software component in the Flexible Network Layer (FNL). In FNL, Middleware Service Unit (MSU) provides multimedia communication services for applications by combination of components for processing various multimedia data. In MSU, it is required to construct/reconstruct the necessary and sufficient functions of multimedia data processing dynamically, considering the QoS, user requirements, resource statuses, and characteristics of the media data. In this paper we propose an architecture of a Media Element Agent (MEA) to fulfill the requirement. The MEA consists of multimedia processing component and knowledge of designer developer and user of the component. We also show a scheme of multiagent-based construction of MSU with organized behavior of the agents.
Keywords :
multi-agent systems; multimedia computing; software agents; Flexible Network Layer; MEA; Media Element Agent; QoS; agent-based design; multimedia processing software component; resource statuses; user requirements; Application software; Computer networks; Data processing; Encoding; Intelligent networks; Middleware; Multimedia communication; Process design; Protocols; Stability;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Information Networking and Applications, 2003. AINA 2003. 17th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1906-7
DOI :
10.1109/AINA.2003.1192946
