DocumentCode :
389482
Title :
A graph transformation system model of reliable dynamic communication networks for location transparent mobile agents
Author :
Kurihara, Masazumi ; Numazawa, Masanobu
Author_Institution :
Div. of Syst. & Inf. Eng., Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo, Japan
Volume :
3
fYear :
2002
fDate :
2002
Abstract :
Mobile agent technology has been the subject of much attention in the last few years, mainly due to the proliferation of distributed software technologies in future telecommunication networks. Currently, it is beginning to make the transition from research lab to mainstream software development practice. Requirements for this technology include the dynamic modifiability to adapt to the evolutional nature of the Internet and network applications. In particular, location transparency of mobile agents is one of the functionalities required for such a dynamic nature. It is assumed that two or more mobile agents are communicating to each other for some kind of cooperation. In this circumstance, it is desired that the communications will not result in failure even after some agents have moved to other places without any notice to other agents. Agent systems that satisfy this condition is said to be ´location transparent´. Several location transparent schemes have been proposed in the literature, but none of them consider the reliability of the communication networks. In addition, all of them discuss their systems in terms of imprecise descriptions or specific implementation. This makes it difficult to design and analyze complex mobile agent systems rigorously. We present a new class of reliable communication networks, called ´proxy networks´, for location transparent mobile agent systems. The dynamic nature of the networks is modeled formally in terms of a graph transformation system, which makes it easier to design and analyze the reliability and the soundness of the system in a rigorous but conceptually clear framework.
Keywords :
Internet; computer network reliability; graph theory; mobile agents; software engineering; telecommunication computing; Internet; communication network reliability; distributed software technologies; graph transformation system model; location transparent mobile agents; mobile agent systems; mobile agent technology; network applications; proxy networks; proxy networks design; reliable dynamic communication networks; software development; telecommunication networks; Business; Communication networks; IP networks; Information management; Mobile agents; Mobile communication; Reliability engineering; Systems engineering and theory; Technology management; Telecommunication network reliability;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2002 IEEE International Conference on
ISSN :
1062-922X
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7437-1
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.2002.1176010
Filename :
1176010
Link To Document :
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