Resource Efficient and Scalable Routing using Intelligent Mobile Agents

Many of the contemporary routing algorithms use simple mechanisms such as flooding or broadcasting to disseminate the routing information available to them. Such routing algorithms cause significant network resource overhead due to the large number of messages generated at each host/router throughout the route update process. Many of these messages are wasteful since they do not contribute to the route discovery process. Reducing the resource overhead may allow for several algorithms to be deployed in a wide range of networks (wireless and ad-hoc) which require a simple routing protocol due to limited availability of resources (memory and bandwidth). Motivated by the need to reduce the resource overhead associated with routing algorithms a new implementation of distance vector routing algorithm using an agent-based paradigm known as Agent-based Distance Vector Routing (ADVR) has been proposed. In ADVR, the ability of route discovery and message passing shifts from the nodes to individual agents that traverse the network, co-ordinate with each other and successively update the routing tables of the nodes they visit.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2003

Author dc:creator

• Amin, Kaizar Abdul Husain

Contributors dc:contributor

• Mikler, Armin R.
• Boukerche, Azzedine
• Dantu, Ram

• Computer networks.
• Intelligent agents (Computer software)
• resource overhead
• wireless networks
• ad-hoc networks
• Agent-based Distance Vector Routing
• routing algorithms

Statement dc:rights

• Public
• Copyright
• Amin, Kaizar Abdul Husain
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 53067142
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4240/
ark: ark:/67531/metadc4240

OAI identifier oai:identifier

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