Piloting the spanning tree protocol in home networks using a multi-agent system

Lionel Molinier (1) , Mathieu Ligocki , Emna Ghedira Molinier (1) , Guy Pujolle (1) , Dominique Gaïti (2)

1 Phare
2 ERA - Environnement de Réseaux Autonomes

Broadband access to the Internet at home was the first step in the emergence of so called Home Networks. In a close future, the number of appliance connected will rise and the network will become the home backbone. Its architecture has to evolve to tackle those new challenges. After a study of the network requirements, this paper introduces a complete system to pilot the forwarding ensuring a proper QoS. This is achieved by a knowledge plane composed of agents embedded on devices, which are optimizing the Ethernet layer.

Domaines: Système multi-agents [cs.MA]; Réseaux et télécommunications [cs.NI]

Lionel Molinier, Mathieu Ligocki, Emna Ghedira Molinier, Guy Pujolle, Dominique Gaïti. Piloting the spanning tree protocol in home networks using a multi-agent system. Telecommunication Systems, 2012, 51 (1), pp.15-27. ⟨10.1007/s11235-010-9411-2⟩. ⟨hal-00631616⟩