ACTS Programme M obile I ntelligent A gents for M anaging the Information I nfrastructure ACTS Programme AC338

DOT´98 September 1998 Heidelberg ACTS Programme AC338 MIAMI: Mobile Intelligent Agents for Managing the Information Infrastructure General Project Information o Duration:March 1998 until February 2000 o Budget: ~ 400 man-months o Web Site: o Contact:Dr. Stefan Covaci Project Manager GMD FOKUS

DOT´98 September 1998 Heidelberg ACTS Programme AC338 MIAMI: Mobile Intelligent Agents for Managing the Information Infrastructure MIAMI Project Partners o P01GMD FOKUS, Germany (Prime Contractor) o P02 Alcatel Bell, Belgium o A02AAlcatel Alsthom Recherche, France o P03 University College London, UK o A03A Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, UK o A03B The University of Surrey o P04 Algosystems SA, Greece o P05 Centre de Recherche Informatique de Montreal (CRIM), Canada o P06 France Telecom CNET, France o P07 Hitachi Ltd., Japan

DOT´98 September 1998 Heidelberg ACTS Programme AC338 MIAMI: Mobile Intelligent Agents for Managing the Information Infrastructure MIAMI Main Objectives The MIAMI project focuses on the following objectives: o Development and validation of an uniform mobile intelligent agent framework according to the requirements of an open European Information Infrastructure (EII) o Convergence of the OMG MASIF and FIPA mobility specifications

DOT´98 September 1998 Heidelberg ACTS Programme AC338 MIAMI: Mobile Intelligent Agents for Managing the Information Infrastructure MIAMI Main Objectives (cont.) o Development of agent based solutions for managing the open EII and provision of Advanced Communication and Information (ACI) services o Contribution to standardisation o Demonstration of results in a pan-European trial

DOT´98 September 1998 Heidelberg ACTS Programme AC338 MIAMI: Mobile Intelligent Agents for Managing the Information Infrastructure MIAMI Key Issues o Pan-European cooperative management of advanced telecommunications and information services o Interaction between management systems of different management domains in an Electronic Commerce context o Business process driven relationship between the service management layer and the network management layer

DOT´98 September 1998 Heidelberg ACTS Programme AC338 MIAMI: Mobile Intelligent Agents for Managing the Information Infrastructure Scope of MIAMI The MIAMI project will focus on: o The investigation of benefits gained from the mobility of agent intelligence in the context of telecommunications management and ACI services, and o Implementation and validation of the MIAMI framework in a pan-European test-bed with selected network management and ACI service scenarios.

DOT´98 September 1998 Heidelberg ACTS Programme AC338 MIAMI: Mobile Intelligent Agents for Managing the Information Infrastructure Outside the Scope The MIAMI project will not focus on: o Developing and validating solutions for interoperability among heterogeneous agents or agent systems o Developing and validating an extended agent communication language

DOT´98 September 1998 Heidelberg ACTS Programme AC338 MIAMI: Mobile Intelligent Agents for Managing the Information Infrastructure Current State of MIAMI o Completed activities: o Mobile agent platforms evaluation F F Selected initial platform: Grasshopper of IKV++ o Agent platform enhancement requirements analysis F F Deliverable D1 (August 1998) o Activities in progress: o Enhanced agent platform specification and design o Application case studies o Subsequent activities: o Platform enhancements implementation (start 11/1998) o Applications design and implementation (start 01/1999)

DOT´98 September 1998 Heidelberg ACTS Programme AC338 MIAMI: Mobile Intelligent Agents for Managing the Information Infrastructure MIAMI Deliverables The MIAMI Project will produce the following deliverables: o D1 Platform Enhancement Requirements08/98 o D2 Platform Enhancement Specification11/98 o D3 Case Studies01/99 o D4 Case Study Prototypes09/99

DOT´98 September 1998 Heidelberg ACTS Programme AC338 MIAMI: Mobile Intelligent Agents for Managing the Information Infrastructure Technical Approach The MIAMI project develops: o An improved MIA platform and o Two trial applications based on it: F F The Active Virtual Pipe (AVP) and Demonstration of network and service management based on agents F F The Virtual Enterprise Builder (VEB) Demonstration of agent based applications and communication services

DOT´98 September 1998 Heidelberg ACTS Programme AC338 MIAMI: Mobile Intelligent Agents for Managing the Information Infrastructure Active Virtual Pipe Pro-active component of the MIAMI information and communication infrastructure: o Provision of advanced communication and connectivity services in the business context (dynamic “VPN” - resources on demand) o Agent based network management: o QoS management o Fault management o Configuration management o Use of multiple transport network providers o Spot market for network resources o Provision of basic VE management services (generic workflow management capabilities)

DOT´98 September 1998 Heidelberg ACTS Programme AC338 MIAMI: Mobile Intelligent Agents for Managing the Information Infrastructure Virtual Enterprise Builder Interactive tool for creation and administration of a VE with support for: o Finding business partners o Negotiating among business partners o Creating the VE contract o Automatically configuring the AVP according to the contract o Monitoring and managing VE activities (generic workflow management support)

DOT´98 September 1998 Heidelberg ACTS Programme AC338 MIAMI: Mobile Intelligent Agents for Managing the Information Infrastructure MIAMI Enterprise Model Virtual Enterprise Service Provider VE Initiator Service or Content Provider Content Provider SubscriberConsumer AVP Provider Connectivity Provider Virtual Market Place Provider

DOT´98 September 1998 Heidelberg ACTS Programme AC338 MIAMI: Mobile Intelligent Agents for Managing the Information Infrastructure Components of the MIAMI Framework

DOT´98 September 1998 Heidelberg ACTS Programme AC338 MIAMI: Mobile Intelligent Agents for Managing the Information Infrastructure Application of Agents in MIAMI

DOT´98 September 1998 Heidelberg ACTS Programme AC338 MIAMI: Mobile Intelligent Agents for Managing the Information Infrastructure Application Fields of Agents in MIAMI o Provision of high level, dynamic, programmable interfaces o Agent-based system components o Generic Workflow Management o Service Management o Negotiation o Brokering o Resource and Network Management

DOT´98 September 1998 Heidelberg ACTS Programme AC338 MIAMI: Mobile Intelligent Agents for Managing the Information Infrastructure MIAMI Trial Scenario o Real business scenario o Creation and running of a virtual enterprise with distributed participants o Demonstration of the graphical Virtual Enterprise Builder o Creation and administration of VE o Demonstration of the Active Virtual Pipe o Provision and dynamic, role-based management of connectivity o Support for administration of VE

DOT´98 September 1998 Heidelberg ACTS Programme AC338 MIAMI: Mobile Intelligent Agents for Managing the Information Infrastructure MIAMI Trial Scenario (cont.) Virtual Euro Consulting company provides: o Interactive lectures about the Euro on demand. o Access to a video archive. o Access to a document archive. o Possibility to submit papers independent of its language, which will be translated if necessary, proof-read, marked and stored on the web server.

DOT´98 September 1998 Heidelberg ACTS Programme AC338 MIAMI: Mobile Intelligent Agents for Managing the Information Infrastructure Expected Achievements MIAMI will clarify the potential of MIA technology regarding the: o Reduction of management traffic load on and increase of the availability of underlying networks o Reduction of prerequisite consumer knowledge for installation and operation of the solutions o Increase of efficiency and effectiveness of the provisioning and execution of management procedures

DOT´98 September 1998 Heidelberg ACTS Programme AC338 MIAMI: Mobile Intelligent Agents for Managing the Information Infrastructure Summary o The major goal of the MIAMI project is to develop and validate a uniform mobile agent platform with facilities for: o Network and service management and o Advanced communication and information services within a pan European trial scenario. o MIAMI concentrates on OMG MASIF Paradigm but considers also integration with FIPA specifications o MIAMI will contribute to the next OMG Agent Standard.