Designing dependable agent systems for mobile wireless networks

A mobile ad hoc network (MANET) is a wireless network of mobile devices-such as PDAs, laptops, cell phones, and other lightweight, easily transportable computing devices-in which each node can act as a router for network traffic rather than relying on fixed networking infrastructure. As mobile compu...

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Published in:IEEE intelligent systems 2004-09, Vol.19 (5), p.39-45
Main Authors: Cicirello, V., Peysakhov, M., Anderson, G., Gaurav Naik, Tsang, K., Regli, W., Kam, M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agents (artificial intelligence)
Cellular phones
Computation
Computer networks
Design engineering
environment-aware agents
Mathematical models
Mobile ad hoc networks
Mobile agents
Mobile communications networks
Mobile computing
Networks
PDA
Personal digital assistants
Pervasive computing
Portable computers
Routers
self-stabilizing multi-agent systems
Telecommunication traffic
Traffic engineering
Traffic flow
Wireless networks
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Summary:A mobile ad hoc network (MANET) is a wireless network of mobile devices-such as PDAs, laptops, cell phones, and other lightweight, easily transportable computing devices-in which each node can act as a router for network traffic rather than relying on fixed networking infrastructure. As mobile computing becomes ubiquitous, MANETS becomes increasingly important. As a design paradigm, multiagent systems (MASs) can help facilitate and coordinate ad hoc-scenarios that might include security personnel, rescue workers, police officers, firefighters, and paramedics. On this network, mobile agents perform critical functions that include delivering messages, monitoring resource usage on constrained mobile devices, assessing network traffic patterns, analyzing host behaviors, and revoking access rights for suspicious hosts and agents. Agents can effectively operate in such environments if they are environment aware - if they can sense and reason about their complex and dynamic environments. Altogether, agents living on a MANET must be network, information, and performance aware. This article fleshes out how we apply this approach to populations of mobile agents on a live MANET.
ISSN:1541-1672
1941-1294
DOI:10.1109/MIS.2004.41