Affiliations: DIMET, Università di Reggio Calabria, Via
Graziella, Località Feo di Vito, 89060 Reggio Calabria, Italy. E-mail:
demeo, [email protected] | Department of Computer Science, Harbin Institute of
Technology, 92 Xidazhi Street, Nangang District, Box 773, Harbin 150001,
China. E-mail: [email protected] | Dipartimento di Matematica, Università della
Calabria, Via Pietro Bucci, 87036 Rende (CS), Italy. E-mail:
[email protected]
Note: [] Corresonding author
Abstract: In this paper we propose XICOMAS_Q, an XML-based
multi-agent system for the Information Content oriented management of QoS in
telecommunications networks. XICOMAS_Q is characterized by
the following features: (i) it is strongly subjective, i.e. it handles
network management activities according to user preferences represented by
means of a user profile; (ii) it can operate on a large variety of
telecommunications networks; (iii) it is semi-automatic; (iv) it is
XML-based, i.e. it exploits XML for guaranteeing a light, versatile and
standard mechanism for information management and exchange. The paper reports
also various experimental results as well as a comparison between
XICOMAS_Q and other related QoS management systems already
presented in the literature.
