Abstract:
Wireless communication systems beyond the third generation will be diverse. It can be expected that several different radio technologies as well as several classes of mobile devices running a variety of applications will be deployed.
To cope with the described diversity, networking paradigms like programmable / active networking should be incorporated into the vision of “4G” mobile networks. Particularly, we propose to evaluate multi-agents as one enabling technology for active mobile networking. Therefore, we highlight some key properties of multi-agents and discuss their potential advantages, disadvantages and tradeoffs for a “4G” mobile network scenario.
This thesis outlines the technical issues involved in establishing such a system taking into consideration the capability and performance expected from future mobile communication systems. It also overviews the system configuration and discusses activities related to the implementation of multi-agent systems for a “4G” mobile network to enhance the performance and problems solving.
In this thesis, multi-agent systems in 4G concepts will be discussed. A common simulation platform is developed to quantify the performance of multi-agent systems in 4G.
