On Self Managing Autonomous Ubiquitous Networks

Abstract

The interfaces of computing systems are expanding. This expansion has revealed many new problems that were never considered for conventional software systems. Ubiquitous networks belong to the generation of computing systems that deals with high levels of mobility and ‘interface everywhere’ theme. So they require more resilience. Conventional methods for managing these networks are inappropriate and very costly. Autonomic self management is a promising new concept that aims to (i) increase reliability by designing systems to be self-protecting and self-healing; and (ii) increase autonomy and performance by enabling systems to adapt to changing circumstances, using self-configuring and self-optimizing mechanisms. In this paper we propose that the cost attached with network management can be cut short with increased quality of service and performance. We give the architecture of an Autonomic Management System (AMS) in a smart home scenario, which we plan to implement in our project.