A Dual Simulation Environment for Simulating MAS in Telecommunication Networks

Abstract : This paper presents a dual simulation environment for simulating different type of telecommunication networks integrating intelligent agents. Agents are considered as advanced tools for resolving complex issues in networking based on intelligent and dynamic features. To test the efficiency of these proposals, new simulation environments, integrating both agents and network components, are required. In this paper we propose an extension with intelligent capabilities to a networking platform. This dual simulation environment has been tested for implementing agents in a DiffServ network to improve its performance. Simulation results show the efficiency of integrating agents within telecommunication networks and also prove that such a dual simulation environment is needed to test new techniques based on agents and multi-agent systems in networking.