Title :
An active networking approach to service customization
Author :
Steenkiste, Peter ; Chandra, Prashant ; Gao, Jun ; Shah, Umair
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. Sci., Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, USA
fDate :
6/24/1905 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Active networking is a powerful technology to insert new functionality into networking. We look at how active networking technology can be used to customize network services. We observe that users often want slightly different versions of network services such as multicast and network quality of service. We propose to implement these services as a base service that provides the basic service functionality and a customization code module that allows users to customize the service. The customization module uses a service-specific API to modify service behavior. We compare this architecture with the traditional active networking architecture based on execution environments and active applications. We also present several examples of customizable network services
Keywords :
application program interfaces; computer networks; multicast communication; network operating systems; quality of service; Libra project; active applications; active networking; execution environments; multicast; network service customization; quality of service; service-specific API; Computer architecture; Computer science; Embedded software; Open source software; Packaging; Quality of service; Runtime environment; Software packages; Software quality; Technological innovation;
Conference_Titel :
DARPA Active NEtworks Conference and Exposition, 2002. Proceedings
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1564-9
DOI :
10.1109/DANCE.2002.1003503