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In recent years communication protocols have shown an increasing complexity – especially by considering the number of variable parameters. As the performance of the communication protocol strongly depends on the configuration of the protocol system, an optimal parameter set is needed to ensure the best possible system behaviour. This choice does not have a static character as the environment changes over time and the influencing factors of the optimisation are varying. Due to this dynamic environment an adaptation depending on the current situation on the particular node within a communication network is needed. This paper introduces an Organic Network Control system which is able to cover this task and it also demonstrates the strengths of the proposed approach by applying the system to a Peer-to-Peer protocol and evaluating the achieved results.
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Tomforde, S., Steffen, M., Hähner, J., Müller-Schloer, C. (2009). Towards an Organic Network Control System. In: González Nieto, J., Reif, W., Wang, G., Indulska, J. (eds) Autonomic and Trusted Computing. ATC 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5586. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02704-8_2
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