Network Programming Using PLAN (1998)
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| Venue: | In Workshop on Internet Programming Languages |
| Citations: | 9 - 0 self |
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Hicks98networkprogramming,
author = {Michael Hicks and Pankaj Kakkar and Jonathan T. Moore and Carl A. Gunter and Scott Nettles},
title = {Network Programming Using PLAN},
booktitle = {In Workshop on Internet Programming Languages},
year = {1998}
}
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Abstract
. We present here a methodology for programming active networks in the environment defined by our new language PLAN (Packet Language for Active Networks). This environment presumes a two-level architecture consisting of: 1. active packets carrying PLAN code; and 2. downloadable, node-resident services written in more general-purpose languages. We present several examples which illustrate how these two features can be combined to implement various network functions. 1 Introduction The Internet consists of separate networks of host computers that are interconnected by routers to form a homogeneous internetwork. General-purpose computation is done on hosts, possibly involving communication with other hosts in the internetwork, while routers are specialized to the task of moving packets between the networks. To do this, routers `store and forward' packets to their `next hop,' guided by information in the packet header, such as the destination address. An active network is one in which the...
