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inactiveTopic PLAN: A Packet Language for Active Networks
started 1/16/2002; 6:05:40 AM - last post 1/17/2002; 8:08:40 AM
Ehud Lamm - PLAN: A Packet Language for Active Networks  blueArrow
1/16/2002; 6:05:40 AM (reads: 1054, responses: 2)
PLAN: A Packet Language for Active Networks
PLAN is a resource-bounded functional programming language that uses a form of remote procedure call to realize active network packet programming. It is part of the SwitchWare Project.

Active networks explore the idea of allowing routing elements to be programmed by the packets passing through them. This allows for some interesting optimizations, protocols and apperantly some cool hacks.

The SafetyNet project is another active networks project using PL techniques.


Posted to functional by Ehud Lamm on 1/16/02; 6:06:51 AM

Ehud Lamm - Re: PLAN: A Packet Language for Active Networks  blueArrow
1/16/2002; 12:06:41 PM (reads: 546, responses: 1)
If anyone here has had experience with this kind of languages, I'd be interested to hear about it.

Ehud Lamm - Re: PLAN: A Packet Language for Active Networks  blueArrow
1/17/2002; 8:08:40 AM (reads: 600, responses: 0)
A Survey of Active Network Research, IEEE Communications (Jan. 1997) is a good survey paper, but it is a bit old. I couldn't find a summary of more recent research.