Development of Multi-Agent Systems For Fourth Generation Mobile Network

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.