Abstract
In this paper, we propose an agent architecture to improve flexibility of a videoconference system with strategy-centric adaptive QoS (Quality of Service) control mechanism. The proposed architecture realizes more flexibility by changing their QoS control strategies dynamically. To switch the strategies, system considers the properties of problems occurred on QoS and status of problem solving process. This architecture is introduced as a part of knowledge base of agent that deals with cooperation between software module of videoconference systems. We have implemented the mechanism, and our prototype system shows its capability of flexible problem solving against the QoS degradation, along with other possible problems within the given time limitation. Thus we confirmed that the proposed architecture can improve its flexibility of a videoconference system compared to traditional systems.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 173-191 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Journal | New Generation Computing |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 2001 |
Keywords
- Adaptive QoS control
- ADIPS framework
- Cooperation protocol
- Flexible videoconference system
- Multiagent system
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computational Theory and Mathematics
- Hardware and Architecture
- Theoretical Computer Science