WiGriMMA: A Wireless Grid Monitoring Model Using Agents

Abstract

The complexity, heterogeneity, device mobility and the unpredictable user behavior demands proper automation of monitoring activity in the wireless Grid to enable the user needs. Since the wireless devices can dynamically join/leave the Grid, and its state may be affected by various parameters (like the battery power, signal strength, the number of jobs submitted to it, device mobility, etc.) leading to overload state, it is essential to monitor the devices so that long term resource planning can be achieved. This paper proposes a Wireless Grid Monitoring Model using Agents (WiGriMMA) that monitor the device mobility and state, communicates the state to Grid information server (GIS), provides the resource availability information, controls the selfish users and the device state so that the device is not overloaded. The model is simulated to test its operation effectiveness considering the performance parameters such as resource availability, resource stability, device state, job execution rate, user behavior and agent overhead. The results show that the proposed WiGriMMA performs better than the existing Grid monitoring model (GridView) in terms of the resource availability, device states and the job execution rate.