Abstract
The NodeOS and execution environment (EE) layers of the active network architectural framework are designed to offer a general purpose programming environment to active applications (AAs). However, the architecture suffers from the lack of higher-level APIs and services that would simplify AA code and could be shared by multiple AAs. We propose a modified architecture that introduces an Application Environment (AE) layer above the EE layer to fill the gap. The AE layer offers higher-level services to simplified User-define Processing Modules (UPMs). Together they replace the conventional AA and offer a higher-level API to code to. This paper discusses the issues that arise when breaking the existing AA layer into two layers, and presents our experiences implementing a concast service using the new architecture. We also present performance numbers for our concast service (running on the ASP EE) that show the additional overhead incurred is acceptable.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2475-2487 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Computer Networks |
Volume | 50 |
Issue number | 14 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 5 2006 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Work sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and Air Force Research Laboratory, Air Force Materiel Command, USAF, under agreement number F30602-99-1-0514, and, in part, by the National Science Foundation under Grants EIA-0101242 and ANI-0121438. The US Government is authorized to reproduce and distribute reprints for Governmental purposes notwithstanding any copyright annotation thereon.
Keywords
- Active network architecture
- Programmable services
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Networks and Communications