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Mobile ad-hoc networks (MANETs) are self-created and self-organized by a collection of mobile nodes, interconnected by multi-hop wireless paths in a strictly peer-to-peer fashion. Such networks offer unique benefits and versatility with respect to bandwidth spatial re-use, intrinsic fault tolerance, and low-cost rapid deployment. However, Quality of Service (QoS) provisioning to applications running in such networks is intrinsically difficult. In this paper, we consider a QoS framework for MANETs which monitors network resources and application requirements, and feeds information to agents, who coordinate efficient resource allocation on a social basis (in this case, decision-making according to normative policies and protocols). Thus we propose a framework for QoS management in MANETs which converges network-centric events, metrics and parameters with organizational intelligence offered by norm-governed multi-agent systems, as a step towards realising a vision of ubiquitous networking.
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Pitt, J., Venkataram, P., Mamdani, A. (2006). QoS Management in MANETs Using Norm-Governed Agent Societies. In: Dikenelli, O., Gleizes, MP., Ricci, A. (eds) Engineering Societies in the Agents World VI. ESAW 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 3963. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11759683_14
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