Abstract
This study achieves Quality-of-Service (QoS) management in heterogeneous networking using a distributed multi-agent scheme (DMAS) based on the concept of cooperation and the awareness algorithm. The proposed scheme is developed for supporting QoS management in a user-accepted and cost-effective fashion, which consists of a collection of problem-solving agents with three modules: the knowledge source, the in-cloud blackboard system, and the control engine built into the scheme. A set of problem-solving agents autonomously process local tasks and cooperatively interoperate via an in-cloud blackboard system to guarantee QoS. An awareness algorithm, called the Q-learning algorithm, calculates the exceptive rewards of a handoff to all access networks. These rewards are then used by these problem-solving agents to determine what to do. Through operations and cooperation among the active agents, a policy is selected and a user-accepted schedule that meets the specified QoS is generated. Compared with traditional QoS management mechanisms, the proposed DMAS scheme has a 36% lower packet loss ratio in video streaming applications and a 34% lower average delay in VoIP applications with only a minor sacrifice in system computational complexity.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | IWCMC 2011 - 7th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference |
| Pages | 1713-1718 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2011 Sep 12 |
| Event | 7th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference, IWCMC 2011 - Istanbul, Turkey Duration: 2011 Jul 4 → 2011 Jul 8 |
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| Other | 7th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference, IWCMC 2011 |
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| Country | Turkey |
| City | Istanbul |
| Period | 11-07-04 → 11-07-08 |
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- Computer Networks and Communications
- Communication
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QoS-aware heterogeneous networking using distributed multiagent schemes. / Chen, Jiann Liang; Larosa, Yanuarius Teofilus; Deng, Der Jiunn; Yang, Pei Jia; Ma, Yi Wei.
IWCMC 2011 - 7th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference. 2011. p. 1713-1718 5982794.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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T1 - QoS-aware heterogeneous networking using distributed multiagent schemes
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AU - Larosa, Yanuarius Teofilus
AU - Deng, Der Jiunn
AU - Yang, Pei Jia
AU - Ma, Yi Wei
PY - 2011/9/12
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N2 - This study achieves Quality-of-Service (QoS) management in heterogeneous networking using a distributed multi-agent scheme (DMAS) based on the concept of cooperation and the awareness algorithm. The proposed scheme is developed for supporting QoS management in a user-accepted and cost-effective fashion, which consists of a collection of problem-solving agents with three modules: the knowledge source, the in-cloud blackboard system, and the control engine built into the scheme. A set of problem-solving agents autonomously process local tasks and cooperatively interoperate via an in-cloud blackboard system to guarantee QoS. An awareness algorithm, called the Q-learning algorithm, calculates the exceptive rewards of a handoff to all access networks. These rewards are then used by these problem-solving agents to determine what to do. Through operations and cooperation among the active agents, a policy is selected and a user-accepted schedule that meets the specified QoS is generated. Compared with traditional QoS management mechanisms, the proposed DMAS scheme has a 36% lower packet loss ratio in video streaming applications and a 34% lower average delay in VoIP applications with only a minor sacrifice in system computational complexity.
AB - This study achieves Quality-of-Service (QoS) management in heterogeneous networking using a distributed multi-agent scheme (DMAS) based on the concept of cooperation and the awareness algorithm. The proposed scheme is developed for supporting QoS management in a user-accepted and cost-effective fashion, which consists of a collection of problem-solving agents with three modules: the knowledge source, the in-cloud blackboard system, and the control engine built into the scheme. A set of problem-solving agents autonomously process local tasks and cooperatively interoperate via an in-cloud blackboard system to guarantee QoS. An awareness algorithm, called the Q-learning algorithm, calculates the exceptive rewards of a handoff to all access networks. These rewards are then used by these problem-solving agents to determine what to do. Through operations and cooperation among the active agents, a policy is selected and a user-accepted schedule that meets the specified QoS is generated. Compared with traditional QoS management mechanisms, the proposed DMAS scheme has a 36% lower packet loss ratio in video streaming applications and a 34% lower average delay in VoIP applications with only a minor sacrifice in system computational complexity.
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