MAQ: A Mobile Agent Based Quality of Service Platform for MANETs

Protected data transmission in cluster based Mobile Adhoc Networks (MANETs) is a challenging mission due to the high level of node mobility of nodes and resource constrained autonomous stations during packet routing. To target this mission, a Mobile Agent based QoS (MAQ) platform has been planned in this paper that uses an improved clustering algorithm during data communication. A Mobile agent architecture has been anticipated in a way that it is coupled with the cluster head of every cluster in MANET and when priority based real time application gets notified in these clusters then the proposed system gets activated to support prioritized service to these applications including checking and monitoring the flow characteristics for real time applications. JADE (Java Agent Development Environment) based prioritized scheme at the mobile agent has been implemented in the proposed system. As this is a function oriented approach, so the overall network performance significantly improves resulting better throughput and packet delivery ratio.