Article Abstract

	Title:	WAQM: managing QoS in wireless networks by means of an XML-based multiagent system
	Author:	Giuseppe Araniti, Pasquale De Meo, Antonio Iera, Domenico Ursino
	Address:	DIMET Dipartimento di Informatica, Matematica, Elettronica e Trasporti, University 'Mediterranea' of Reggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria, Italy. ' DIMET Dipartimento di Informatica, Matematica, Elettronica e Trasporti, University 'Mediterranea' of Reggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria, Italy. ' DIMET Dipartimento di Informatica, Matematica, Elettronica e Trasporti, University 'Mediterranea' of Reggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria, Italy. ' DIMET Dipartimento di Informatica, Matematica, Elettronica e Trasporti, University 'Mediterranea' of Reggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria, Italy
	Journal:	International Journal of Wireless and Mobile Computing 2007 - Vol. 2, No.2/3  pp. 132 - 149
	Abstract:	In this paper, we propose WAQM, a novel XML-based multiagent system for Quality of Service (QoS) management in wireless networks. WAQM is characterised by the following features: (i) it handles a user profile and exploits it jointly with suitable network resource management techniques to maximise user satisfaction; (ii) it is semi-automatic; (iii) it exploits XML for guaranteeing a light, versatile and standard mechanism for information representation, storing and exchange. In this paper, the basic features of the system are discussed into detail. Furthermore, the main results of a performance evaluation study aiming at comparing it with alternative agent-based approaches for handling user access to telecommunications networks are reported.
	Keywords:	middleware; multi-agent systems; quality of service; QoS; UMTS; user profiling; XML; agent-based systems; wireless networks; network resource management; user satisfaction; performance evaluation.
	DOI:	10.1504/IJWMC.2007.014453
		Purchase this Paper         Comment on the Paper