CARDOSO, A. R.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/7990179540941241; CARDOSO, André Ribeiro.
Abstract:
This thesis presents the integration of mobile agent technology with network
management legacy systems as a proposal for the solution of the following
problems: the overload of information in the bandwidth because of the continuous
increase of the servers connected to the network; centralization aspects of the main
network management legacy systems and finally, the challenge of ATM
heterogeneous network management. Concordia System, created by Mitsubishi
Electric Information Technology Center America, was employed as a development
platform for mobile agents. SNMP from IETF was used as a management legacy
system for data network. Concordia was chosen because, written completely in
Java, provides portability and allows the execution of its agents anywhere and at
anytime with security, mobility, management and monitoring – all the necessary
characteristics to achieve the perfect environment for the mobile agents. SNMP that
has the simplicity of the project as its main advantage was chosen because of its
wide use and support by great part of equipment manufactures. Java class libraries
from AdventNet API package were used to allow mobile agents to execute GET
and SET SNMP commands and therefore access management information. This
thesis is part of the AMI Project “A CORBA Distributed Platform with Intelligent
Mobile Agents to Manage Networks and Services” of Laboratory of Computer
Network and Software Engeneering – LARCES of State University of Ceara –
UECE. First, AMI Project proposes the implementation of an environment
throughout platforms that already exist such as Concordia, and second the
development of its own platform for mobile agents developed at LARCES/UECE.
Initially, based on AMI Project, Concordia mobile agents were developed to
manage PVCs among devices that belong to “High Speed Metropolitan Network of
Fortaleza (REMAV-For)” and, afterward, to other REMAVs throughout Brazil.