A self-optimizing mobile network: Auto-tuning the network with firefly-synchronized agents

Information Sciences

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 77-92

  Bojic, Iva ^a   Podobnik, Vedran ^a   Ljubi, Igor ^a   Jezic, Gordan ^a   Kusek, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Energy saving mobile networks; Firefly based synchronization; Network topologies; Overlay networks; Software agents

Indexed keywords

ACCESS NETWORK; AGENT BASED; AUTOTUNING; FIREFLY-BASED SYNCHRONIZATION; MOBILE USERS; NETWORK TOPOLOGIES; OPERATING EXPENSE; OPERATIONAL STATE; SELF-OPTIMIZATION; SELF-OPTIMIZING; SELF-ORGANIZED; TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPERATORS;

BIOLUMINESCENCE; COST REDUCTION; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; MOBILE AGENTS; OPTIMIZATION; OVERLAY NETWORKS; SYNCHRONIZATION;

WIRELESS NETWORKS;

EID: 80055032683     PISSN: 00200255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ins.2010.11.017     Document Type: Article

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