Performance analysis of mobile agents for filtering data streams on wireless networks

  • Authors:

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

  • Affiliations:

  • Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH;Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH;Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH;Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH;Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH;Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Laboratories, Camden, NJ;Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Laboratories, Camden, NJ;Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Laboratories, Camden, NJ;University of Maryland, College Park, MD

  • Venue:
  • Mobile Networks and Applications - Analysis and Design of Multi-Service Wireless Networks
  • Year:
  • 2002

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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.