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This paper introduces a 3-level multiagent architecture for QoS control in WATM. The ultimate aim of the proposed architecture is to provide a self-regulating network congestion control management by means of global network state awareness and agent interactions. The agents dynamically manage the buffer space at the level of a switch and interact to reduce the cell loss ratio while guaranteeing a bounded transit delay. We particularly address video transmission over UBR services using a per-VP queuing approach and an adaptive cell discarding congestion control scheme. Furthermore, a dynamic reconfiguration of the agents is performed during handoffs in order to continue meeting user end-to-end QoS requirements. The handoff delay absorption is also addressed.
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Iraqi, Y., Boutaba, R. & Leon‐Garcia, A. QoS control in wireless ATM. Mobile Networks and Applications 5, 137–145 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1019148226421
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