We propose a network service framework where common network functions such as routing and multicast can be customized on a per-application basis. Network service customization is ...
Recent research has demonstrated the benefits of active networks: customized network services can easily be built and modified, packet streams can be processed inside the network...
TORRENT is an EU-Supported Framework 5 project that is showing how intelligent control and negotiation capabilities can be built into access networks so as to give the residential...
Eric Scharf, Peter Hamer, Konstantinos Smparounis,...
This paper introduces the concept of a User Programmable Virtualized Network, which allows networks to deliver application specific services using network element components that ...
Robert J. Meijer, Rudolf J. Strijkers, Leon Gomman...
Component-based architectures are the traditional approach cile application specific optimization with reusable abstractions in sensor networks. However, they frequently overwhelm ...