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An agent-based approach for quality of service negotiation and management in distributed multimedia systems

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Mobile Agents (MA 1997)

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Quality of service (QoS) is receiving strong attention due to its key role in distributed multimedia computing. QoS is not a new concept, being usually employed in the domain of computer networks to specify a set of parameters typically assigned to transport connections. As a rule, QoS is established through negotiation between service users and providers. The process of negotiation is simple if the resources are managed by a centralized entity (e.g. an operating system) or by a set of homogeneous entities such as a network protocol. Unfortunately, in distributed multimedia applications the negotiation and management of resources is a difficult task since resources are very diversified, dispersed and maintained by heterogeneous entities. To cope with diversity and distribution, an agent-based approach for QoS negotiation and management in open distributed environments is proposed in this paper.

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  1. Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, State University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil

    Luiz A. G. Oliveira & Eleri Cardozo

  2. National Center for Technological Research on Computing Applied to Agriculture, CNPTIA/EMBRAPA, Campinas, SP, Brazil

    Paulo C. Oliveira

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Oliveira, L.A.G., Oliveira, P.C., Cardozo, E. (1997). An agent-based approach for quality of service negotiation and management in distributed multimedia systems. In: Rothermel, K., Popescu-Zeletin, R. (eds) Mobile Agents. MA 1997. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1219. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-62803-7_19

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