COMAN: a multiple-language active network architecture enabled via middleware

Process-in-Network: A Comprehensive Network Processing Approach

“…A router-assistant to active nodes is presented by Larrabeiti et al [ 7 ], which has the characteristics of transparency, IPv4 and IPv6 support, and complete control over layer 3 and above. An entirely middleware-based architecture is presented by Cook et al [ 8 ], which addresses authentication, memory management, and interconnectivity problems that would otherwise be inherent and enables a highly functional multi-language interface for the deployment of dynamic protocols. Their results show the feasibility of an active network infrastructure implemented in middleware.…”

“…There are several proposals that seek to make optimal use of the network, by finding the best overlay network topology to minimise the overhead. Within this group are the following solutions: additional auxiliary nodes [ 14 ], hierarchy of nodes [ 15 ], organisational groups [ 16 ], simplification of the network [ 17 ], replication [ 18 ], semantics/users [ 19 ], symbiotic networks [ 20 ], multiple paths [ 21 ], a variety of routes [ 22 ], adaptive/unstructured approach [ 23 ], bandwidth reservation [ 12 ], flexibility in the underlying layer [ 8 ], and traffic prioritisation [ 24 ]; Approaches focusing on information optimisation. This approach attempts to perform some processing of information to make a simplification.…”