Component-based execution environments of network elements and a protocol for their configuration

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics Part C: Applications and Reviews

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 82-96

  Denazis, Spyros ^a   Karnouskos, Stamatis ^b   Suzuki, Toshiaki ^c   Yoshizawa, Satoshi ^c  

^a Hitachi Europe SAS   (France)

^b FRAUNHOFER FOKUS   (Germany)

^c HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active networks; Component based architectures; Execution environments; Programmable networks; Service composition protocol

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE NETWORKS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE REUSABILITY; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); INTERNET; INTEROPERABILITY; ROUTERS; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

EXECUTION ENVIRONMENT; FUTURE ACTIVE INTERNET PROTOCOL NETWORK; PROGRAMMABLE NETWORK; SERVICE COMPOSITION PROTOCOL;

NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

EID: 0442279645     PISSN: 10946977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCC.2003.820587     Document Type: Article

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