Dynamic Congestion Avoidance using Multi-Agents Systems

In this paper, we present a mechanism called DWRED (Dynamic Weighted RED) that uses communicating agents in a Multi-Agents Systems to enhance the Random Early Detection (RED) congestion management algorithm, by providing service for multiple classes of traffic as well as cooperation between the network nodes to dynamically modify the running algorithm’s parameters in response to network congestion state. We also show preliminary results of a simple DWRED prototype implemented using the Multi-Agents Systems platform MADKIT.