Intelligent Control of Wireless and Fixed Telecom Networks

Abstract

Different agent systems that have been developed for the control of resources in telecoms are studied and assessed. The applications considered include the control of admission to ATM networks, resource management in the wider market place promised by 3G mobile networks and location aware services. The designs of these systems have a common pattern that has significant differences from the traditional management and control planes used in telecommunications. Rather, columns of control with communication between them are built. The degree of communication depends on the layers and the corresponding response time. In this talk it will be also shown that such a design provides increased flexibility. This allows the best policy to be applied according to the current demand.