GMAC: An overlay multicast network for mobile agent platforms

Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1081-1096

  Gotthelf, Pablo ^a,b   Zunino, Alejandro ^a,b   Mateos, Cristian ^a,b   Campo, Marcelo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL CENTRO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Computer networks; Mobile software agents; Multicast networks; Overlay networks; P2P

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS; MOBILE AGENTS; MULTICASTING; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; STABILIZERS (AGENTS); WIRELESS NETWORKS;

AGENT PLAT FORM; ELSEVIER (CO); END SYSTEMS; END TO END (ETE); FAILURE RECOVERY; GROUP COMMUNICATION (GC); GROUP MEMBERS; HEAVY TRAFFICS; HIGH BANDWIDTH; MEMBERSHIP MANAGEMENT; MOBILE SOFTWARE AGENTS; MOBILE SOFTWARES; MULTICAST; MULTICAST SERVICES; NEW APPROACHES; OVERLAY MULTICAST; OVERLAY NETWORKS; PACKET FORWARDING; PROPAGATION DELAYS; PROTOCOL OVERHEAD; RESOURCE UTILIZATIONS; ROBUST SOLUTIONS; WIDESPREAD USE;

SOFTWARE AGENTS;

EID: 46149083710     PISSN: 07437315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpdc.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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