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New Concept Platforms for QoS Management in Future Telecommunication Scenarios

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In this paper the concept of “Situation&Location” based platforms for QoS management in next-generation heterogeneous telecommunication scenarios is presented. The exploitation of a Multi-Agent System is investigated with the aim of providing a user with seamless and optimized network access to the desired service based on its current situation and location. Key feature of the proposed system is the presence of a middleware platform exploiting user profile-, resource-, and situation-management agents whose ontology is specified in XML language. The proposed platform is intended as a sample architecture for QoS control and adaptation. It tries to contribute to the research activities that several forums, interest groups, and standardization bodies are conducting in the view of 4G system full deployment.

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Abbreviations

AAAC :

authentication authorization accounting and charging

AP :

access point

API :

application programming interface

CPU :

central processing unit

D s :

degree of user satisfaction index

FIPA GoS:

foundation for intelligent physical agents grade of service

GPRS :

general packet radio service

GPS GSM:

global positioning system global system for mobile communications

GUI :

graphic user interface

JADE:

java agent development framework

MAS MCU :

multi-agent system multi conference unit

MSC:

mobile switching center

NUA :

network-side user agent

OA OS :

optimizer agent operating system

PAN :

personal area network

PDA PDB:

personal digital assistant profile database

P-QoS :

perceived quality of service

QoS:

quality of service

RNC :

radio network controller

RRA RSSI:

radio resource agent received signal strength indication

SA :

service agent

SGSN:

serving GPRS support node

SLA :

service level agreement

UA UMTS:

user agent universal mobile telecommunications system

WLAN :

wireless local area network

XML :

eXtensible markup language

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    Antonio Iera, Antonella Molinaro & Claudia Campolo

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Iera, A., Molinaro, A. & Campolo, C. New Concept Platforms for QoS Management in Future Telecommunication Scenarios. Int J Wireless Inf Networks 14, 79–91 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10776-006-0053-y

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