Multi-agent based softswitch

Author

Gou, Xiantai ; Jin, Weidong ; Zhao, Duo

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. Eng., Southwest Jiaotong Univ., Sichuan, China

fYear

2004

Firstpage

341

Lastpage

344

Abstract

Softswitch is the most complicated system in next generation networks. An ideal softswitch system can produce the best efficiency/cost ratio for telecom service provider of different scale and large enterprise. It is also easy to be extended and upgraded. Multi-agent based softswitch (MABS) is given to reach the target. The architecture of MABS is presented. The cooperation of agents in MABS is described. The protocol of communication among agents over Ethernet is designed as well. An implementation of MABS prototype is used to verify the design of this paper. The results of experiment verified the main functions of MABS and it shows good performance.

Keywords

local area networks; multi-agent systems; protocols; telecommunication computing; telecommunication services; telecommunication switching; Ethernet; MABS prototype; communication protocol; multiagent based softswitch; next generation network; softswitch system; telecom service provider; Costs; Ethernet networks; Intelligent agent; Multiagent systems; Next generation networking; Protocols; Sun; Telecommunication control; Telecommunication services; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Agent Technology, 2004. (IAT 2004). Proceedings. IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2101-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IAT.2004.1342966

Filename

1342966