CANEs: an execution environment for composable services

Author

Bhattacharjee, S. ; Calvert, K. ; Chae, Y. ; Merugu, S. ; Sanders, M. ; Zegura, E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA

fYear

2002

fDate

6/24/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

255

Lastpage

272

Abstract

Active networks represent a change in network paradigm from a static, one-size-fits-all packet-transport service to a flexible platform capable of being programmed to provide new services. Active networks will allow rapid deployment of new and complex network services. An important property of an active network API is the support it provides for composing complex services out of components. An efficient and robust composition mechanism is essential for incremental development of useful services. We describe the CANEs Active Networking Environment. CANEs is an EE (Execution Environment) specifically built for composing services within the network. We discuss the design philosophy behind CANEs, describe the formal model which the composition mechanism is based upon, and detail the current CANEs implementation

Keywords

application program interfaces; computer networks; network operating systems; API; Active Networking Environment; CANEs; active network execution environment; application programming interface; complex services; composable services; flexible platform; formal model; Computer networks; Computer science; Contracts; Educational institutions; High level languages; Robustness; Safety; Telecommunication computing; Virtual machining;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

DARPA Active NEtworks Conference and Exposition, 2002. Proceedings

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1564-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DANCE.2002.1003498

Filename

1003498