Performance Analysis of Mobile Agents for Filtering Data Streams on Wireless Networks

Abstract

Wireless networks are an ideal environment for mobile agents, since their mobility allows them to move across an unreliable link to reside on a wired host, next to or closer to the resources that they need to use. Furthermore, client-specific data transformations can be moved across the wireless link and run on a wired gateway server, reducing bandwidth demands. In this paper we examine the tradeoffs faced when deciding whether to use mobile agents in a data-filtering application where numerous wireless clients filter information from a large data stream arriving across the wired network. We develop an analytical model and use parameters from filtering experiments conducted during a US Navy Fleet Battle Experiment to explore the model's implications.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA442568

Entities

People

  • Daria A. Chacon
  • David Kotz
  • George Cybenko
  • Guofei Jiang
  • James Hendler
  • Kenneth R. Whitebread
  • Martin O. Hofmann
  • Robert S. Gray
  • Ronald A. Peterson

Organizations

  • Dartmouth College

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Computational Complexity
  • Computations
  • Computer Networks
  • Computers
  • Databases
  • Detectors
  • Filtration
  • Mobile Devices
  • Mobile Phones
  • Networks
  • Operating Systems
  • Satellite Communications
  • Simulations
  • Theater Ballistic Missiles
  • Wireless Communications
  • Wireless Networks

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Agent-Based Social Robotics and Mobile-Assisted Learning in Virtual Environments.
  • Computer Networking
  • Systems Analysis and Design