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The use of Mobile Agent (MA) paradigm has been proposed by many researchers as an answer to the scalability and flexibility limitations of centralised Network Management (NM). Nevertheless, while large enterprise networks are already hierarchically structured, MA-based management has not yet moved from ‘flat’ to hierarchical structures. That results in non-scalable flat architectures, particularly when the management of remote subnetworks is considered. In this context, the deployment of a hierarchically structured MA-based management framework is a reasonable approach. The migration to hierarchical structures is achieved with an additional management entity, the Mobile Distributed Manager (MDM), which takes the full control of managing a given network segment. This architecture exploits the mobility features of MDMs to dynamically adapt to mutable networking conditions. Empirical results indicate a substantial reduction of the overall management cost compared to both centralised and MA-based flat management approaches.
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Gavalas, D., Greenwood, D., Ghanbari, M., O’Mahony, M. (2000). Deploying a Hierarchical Management Framework Using Mobile Agent Technology. In: Delgado, J., Stamoulis, G.D., Mullery, A., Prevedourou, D., Start, K. (eds) Telecommunications and IT Convergence Towards Service E-volution. IS&N 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1774. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-46525-1_23
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