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An agent-based approach for supporting quality of service in distributed multimedia systems

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An agent-based approach for supporting quality of service in distributed multimedia systems

Auteurs : L. A Guedes ; P. C Oliveira ; L. F Faina ; E. Cardozo

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Quality of service (QoS) is a core issue in multimedia systems. Intuitively, QoS states how valuable the services provided by a multimedia system are. As a rule, QoS is established through negotiation between users and service providers. The negotiation involves allocation and management of resources in order to attend an expected level of quality. The process of negotiation is simple if the resources are managed by a single entity (e.g., operating system) or by a set of entities supporting a common negotiation protocol. Unfortunately, in distributed multimedia systems, negotiation and management of resources are complex tasks since resources are diversified, distributed and managed by autonomous entities. In order to minimise such difficulties, an agent-based architecture for QoS negotiation and management in distributed multimedia systems is proposed in this paper. The proposed architecture combines fixed and mobile agents that interact among themselves with the aim of establishing and maintaining a certain level of QoS. This paper also presents the current implementation stage of the proposed architecture.

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<abstract lang="en">Quality of service (QoS) is a core issue in multimedia systems. Intuitively, QoS states how valuable the services provided by a multimedia system are. As a rule, QoS is established through negotiation between users and service providers. The negotiation involves allocation and management of resources in order to attend an expected level of quality. The process of negotiation is simple if the resources are managed by a single entity (e.g., operating system) or by a set of entities supporting a common negotiation protocol. Unfortunately, in distributed multimedia systems, negotiation and management of resources are complex tasks since resources are diversified, distributed and managed by autonomous entities. In order to minimise such difficulties, an agent-based architecture for QoS negotiation and management in distributed multimedia systems is proposed in this paper. The proposed architecture combines fixed and mobile agents that interact among themselves with the aim of establishing and maintaining a certain level of QoS. This paper also presents the current implementation stage of the proposed architecture.</abstract>
<note type="content">Fig. 1: Components of the QoS Agency.</note>
<note type="content">Fig. 2: A successful contract negotiation scenario.</note>
<note type="content">Fig. 3: A successful contract negotiation scenario where an alternate contract is proposed.</note>
<note type="content">Fig. 4: An unsuccessful contract negotiation scenario.</note>
<note type="content">Fig. 5: A contract management scenario.</note>
<note type="content">Fig. 6: A distributed multimedia system with QoS negotiation and management supported by the QoS Agency.</note>
<note type="content">Fig. 7: Teleconferencing testbed for the QoS Agency prototype (only flows originating at node 1 are shown).</note>
<note type="content">Fig. 8: Selecting a sink for QoS monitoring.</note>
<note type="content">Fig. 9: QoS monitoring of a selected sink.</note>
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<genre>Keywords</genre>
<topic>QoS management</topic>
<topic>Multimedia systems</topic>
<topic>Agents</topic>
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