Agent-Based Adaptive Bandwidth Allocation in Wireless Networks

Abstract

Services provided over wireless networks are growing at a rapid pace with the increasing number of users and their demands. Some of the services demand real-time multimedia communication and stringent bandwidth requirements owing to their varied service characteristics. Thus, there is a requirement for developing efficient bandwidth allocation schemes to achieve acceptable Quality of Service (QoS) and meet these challenges. Bandwidth is the most critical resource in wireless networks, which should be managed efficiently. This paper proposes an agent based adaptive bandwidth allocation scheme that allocates the bandwidth by using an interference bandwidth allocation algorithm in cellular system. Proposed scheme claims an agent based bandwidth allocation delay of 24.5 microseconds as opposed to 78 microseconds with non-agent based approach.

Indexing terms:

• Adaptive interference bandwidth allocation
• Quality of service
• Delay
• Agent technology

Additional information

Notes on contributors

R C Biradar

R C Biradar received his BE in Electronics and Communication Engineering and ME degree in Digital Electronics from Karnataka University, Dharwad in 1990 and 1997 respectively. He is currently working as Assistant Professor in ECE Department, SDM College of Engineering and Technology, Dharwad, India. He is pursuing his PhD at Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum. His area of interests include computer communication networks, multimedia wireless networks, agent technology, agent-based solutions to various issues of multimedia wireless Internet, artificial intelligence etc. He has to his contributions some publications in journals and conference proceedings. He is the member of IETE, member of ISTE and member of IE. Currently he is acting as Honorary Secretary, IETE Dharwad Sub-centre.

P R Bhagyashree

Bhagyashri Pandurangi R obtained her BE degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering and MTech in Digital Electronics from Karnataka University, Dharwad in 1998 and 2004 respectively. She is currently working as Assistant Professor in Maratha Mandal’s Engineering College, Belgaum, India. Her areas of interest include computer networks, wireless communication, WAP applications etc.

S S Manvi

S S Manvi received ME degree in Electronics from the University of Visweshwariah College of Engineering, Bangalore in 1993, PhD degree in Electrical Communication Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India in 2004. He is currently working as a Professor and Head of Electronics and Communication Engineering Department, Basaveshwar Engineering College, Bagalkot, India. He is involved in research of Agent based applications in Multimedia Communications, Grid computing, Ad-hoc networks, e-commerce and Mobile computing. He has more than 25 national and international journal publications and more than 35 conference proceedings. He is currently guiding 5 PhD candidates. He is the IEEE member USA, Fellow IETE (India), Fellow IE (India), Life member of India Society for Technical Education (LMISTE), India.