Transportable agents can reduce network load in some situations. In particular, some situations involve policies that limit network traffic. One such situation concerns the propagation of alarms in large self-healing networks. In such networks, accurate diagnosis of faults can not be made without crossing network boundaries to assess fault profiles. The example here shows the use of transportable agents to accomplish fault diagnosis tasks in a large self-healing network.
Downloadable example is in the download area.
This article shows how transportable agents can be used to diagnose faults in large self-healing networks. A demo is attached to show how transportable agents will work to resolve faults in large networks. If you have Java enabled, this applet should appear below this paragraph. The display shows a complex network of high speed network elements. Faults in such equipment quickly propagate throug the network.