Active networking on a programmable networking platform

Lavian, T.; Wang, Phil Yonghui

doi:10.1109/opnarc.2001.916842

Cited by 8 publications

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“…Few network operators have experimented deployment of active environment on their network equipments. Nortel has proposed a software execution environment running on an Accelar Gigabit switch [9,10]. Alcatel [12] has proposed prototype of an active node based on an OmniSwitch Alcatel router.…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards the Design of an Industrial Autonomic Network Node

Chaudier

Gelas

Lefèvre

2009

Active and Programmable Networks

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Abstract. Programmable and active networks allow specified classes of users to deploy dynamic network services adapted to data streams requirements. Currently most of researches performed on active networks are conducted in research laboratories. In this paper, we explore the design of IAN 2 an Industrial Autonomic Network Node able to be deployed in industrial context. Performance, dynamic programmability and fault-tolerance issues of software and hardware components have been prospected. First experimental evaluations on local platforms are presented.

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Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards the Design of an Industrial Autonomic Network Node

Chaudier

Gelas

Lefèvre

2009

Active and Programmable Networks

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“…In these conditions, the impact on the router's performance was not significant. As a conclusion, from our point of view, JAVA is excellent as a platform-independent language to make universal active code, but in general it is not appropriate to process multimedia data flows generated by sets of users (see also [11]). However, we believe that JAVA is still the right choice for the control plane of an active network architecture, i.e.…”

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“…Most industrial experiences that have tried to apply active network concepts to enhance the functionality of real routers have shown that the router's CPU is not the best place to run an opened execution environment and active applications (see, for instance, [11] demonstrating ANTS [13] onto the Accelar routing switches). The main drawback is that the overall performance figures drop dramatically due to the extra interruption rate induced by active processing.…”

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A practical approach to network-based processing

Larrabeiti

Calderón

Azcorra

et al.

Proceedings of Fourth Annual International Workshop on Active Middleware Services

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“…Openet originated from the open programmable architecture for Java-enabled network devices [1] has been evolving with later work [2,5,6]. It is platformneutral, and works closely with commercial nodes such as the Passport routing switch [4] and Alteon web switch [24] to provide the flexible networking programmability.…”

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“…It also uses AFM to collect specified capsules for CPU processing in the control plane. The ORE ANTS is completely injected to two Passport routing switches: 1100B and 8600 [5]. Of the Passport routing switch family, 1100B is an economic product that is equipped with a PowerPC 403@67MHz CPU and 8600 is a superior one that is equipped with a much stronger PowerPC 740@266MHz CPU.…”

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Enabling active flow manipulation in silicon-based network forwarding engines

Lavian

Wang²,

Travostino³

et al.

Proceedings DARPA Active Networks Conference and Exposition

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A significant challenge arising from today's increasing Internet traffic is the ability to flexibly incorporate intelligent control in high performance commercial network devices. This paper tackles this challenge by introducing the Active Flow Manipulation (AFM) mechanism to enhance traffic control intelligence of network devices through programmability. With AFM, customer network services can exercise active network control by identifying distinctive flows and applying specified actions to alter network behavior in real-time. These services are dynamically loaded through Openet by the CPU-based control unit of a network node and are closely coupled with its silicon-based forwarding engines, without negatively impacting forwarding performance. AFM is exposed as a key enabling technology of the programmable networking platform Openet. The effectiveness of our approach is demonstrated by four active network services on commercial network nodes.

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Active networking on a programmable networking platform

Cited by 8 publications

References 4 publications

Towards the Design of an Industrial Autonomic Network Node

Towards the Design of an Industrial Autonomic Network Node

A practical approach to network-based processing

Enabling active flow manipulation in silicon-based network forwarding engines

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