Title :
Internet service monitoring with mobile agents
Author :
Günter, Manuel ; Braun, Torsten
Author_Institution :
Bern Univ., Switzerland
Abstract :
The Internet Engineering Task Force standardizes new IP technologies such as Differentiated Services and IP security that allow Internet service providers to offer new and enhanced network-level services. There is a need for a measurement infrastructure to monitor services, especially for support of end-to-end services across the Internet. The infrastructure should provide a safe way for customers to monitor the enhanced properties of the services they use. Also, providers should be able to use the infrastructure to ensure provider collaboration. We implemented a mobile-agent-based monitoring infrastructure for new and enhanced IP services
Keywords :
Internet; business communication; computerised monitoring; distributed programming; quality of service; security of data; software agents; telecommunication computing; telecommunication security; transport protocols; DiffServ; Differentiated Services; IP security; IP technologies; ISP; Internet Engineering Task Force; Internet service monitoring; Internet service providers; QoS guarantees; measurement infrastructure; mobile agents; monitoring infrastructure; network infrastructure; network-level services; provider collaboration; quality of service; virtual private networks; Application software; Collaboration; IP networks; Java; Mobile agents; Monitoring; Peer to peer computing; Protocols; Virtual private networks; Web and internet services;
Journal_Title :
Network, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MNET.2002.1002996
