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| gcs-ma: a group communication system for mobile agents | |
| Xu Wei; Cao Jiannong; Jin Beihong; Li Jing; Zhang Liang | |
| 2007 | |
| Source | Journal of Network and
Computer Applications
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| Volume | 30Issue:3Pages:1153-1172 |
| English Abstract | Reliable messaging is a key component necessary for mobile agent systems. Current researches focus on reliable one-to-one message delivery to mobile agents. But how to implement a group communication system for mobile agents remains an open issue, which is a powerful block that facilitates the development of fault-tolerant mobile agent systems. In this paper, we propose a group communication system for mobile agents (GCS-MA), which includes totally ordered multicast and membership management functions. We divide a group of mobile agents into several agent clusters,and each agent cluster consists of all mobile agents residing in the same sub-network and is managed by a special module, named coordinator. Then, all coordinators form a ring-based overlay for interchanging messages between clusters. We present a token-based algorithm, an intra-cluster messaging algorithm and an inter-cluster migration algorithm to achieve atomicity and total ordering properties of multicast messages, by building a membership protocol on top of the clustering and failure detection mechanisms. Performance issues of the proposed system have been analysed through simulations. We also describe the application of the proposed system in the context of the service cooperation middleware (SCM) project. |
| Indexed Type | ei,sci |
| Keyword | Mobile Agent Group Communication Totally Ordered Multicast Fault Tolerance |
| Department | 软件工程技术研究开发中心 |
| WOS ID | WOS:000247723300019 |
| Citation statistics | |
| Content Type | 期刊论文 |
| URI | http://ir.iscas.ac.cn/handle/311060/2899 |
| Collection | 软件工程技术研究开发中心 |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Xu Wei,Cao Jiannong,Jin Beihong,et al. gcs-ma: a group communication system for mobile agents[J]. Journal of Network and Computer Applications,2007,30(3):1153-1172. |
| APA | Xu Wei,Cao Jiannong,Jin Beihong,Li Jing,&Zhang Liang.(2007).gcs-ma: a group communication system for mobile agents.Journal of Network and Computer Applications,30(3),1153-1172. |
| MLA | Xu Wei,et al."gcs-ma: a group communication system for mobile agents".Journal of Network and Computer Applications 30.3(2007):1153-1172. |
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