NDLI: Geographically bound mobile agent in MANET

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Tei, K. Yoshioka, N. Fukazawa, Y. Honiden, S.
Copyright Year	2005
Description	Author affiliation: Waseda Univ., Tokyo, Japan (Tei, K.)
Abstract	A location-specific data retrieval, which is data retrieval from nodes in a designated region at the time, is an attractive application in a mobile ad-hoc network (MANET). However, almost all nodes in a MANET are powered by batteries, the location-specific data retrieval should involve a small number of messages. In this paper, we use a mobile agent to retrieve the location-specific data. A mobile agent migrates to a node in a designated region, and retrieves data from nodes in this region. Since, after migration, the agent can communicate with nodes in the designated region through low overhead short length hops, the mobile agent can retrieve data at low message cost for long periods, even if the owner of this agent moves around. However, even after migrating to node in the designated region, in order to stay near this region, a mobile agent should migrate to other nodes in response to the movement of the node hosting this agent. In this paper, we propose the geographically bound mobile agent (GBMA) which is a mobile agent that periodically migrates in order to always be located in a designated region. In order to clarify where the GBMA should be located and when the GBMA starts to migrate, two geographic zones are set to the GBMA: required zone and expected zone. The required zone ease tracking of the GBMA, and the expected zone ease adjustment of the GBMA migration timing.
Starting Page	516
Ending Page	518
File Size	806040
Page Count	3
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0769523757
DOI	10.1109/MOBIQUITOUS.2005.31
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2005-07-17
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Mobile agents Mobile ad hoc networks Information retrieval Batteries Costs Network servers Informatics Electronic mail Timing Ad hoc networks
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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