A highly flexible service composition framework for real-life networks.

Schmid, S. and Chart, T. and Sifalakis, M. and Scott, Andrew C. (2006) A highly flexible service composition framework for real-life networks. Computer Networks, 50 (14). pp. 2488-2505. ISSN 1389-1286

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Abstract

This article introduces a novel approach for service composition on active and programmable routers. The proposed composition framework enables flexible programmability of a router’s data path through dynamically loadable software components, called ‘active components’. The composition framework promotes transparent, dynamic and incremental deployment of network-side functionality which renders active network technologies capable of fully replacing the existing routing infrastructure by supporting all the legacy network protocols and services, and the integration of novel ones. On the other hand, the composition framework provides the necessary structures and mechanisms to deal with services composed by independent users potentially unaware of each other. The latter is particularly important as network routers are regarded as shared resources. In order to evaluate the proposed service composition framework, we have developed an implementation for the LARA++ active router architecture [S. Schmid, A component-based active router architecture, Ph.D. Thesis, Lancaster University, UK, November 2002] and deployed several of these active routers in a real-world service network. The evaluation demonstrates the flexibility of the composition framework by enabling the alteration of service composites at run-time and provides scalability in the generation of such composites by users or administrators. This work also reports on lessons learned while deploying several active services in a production network. Besides a qualitative evaluation of the service composition framework and the LARA++ architecture, we provide a number of quantitative results, which show that the overhead of our composition model does not adversely affect the performance of the router, despite the increased flexibility achieved.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Computer Networks
Additional Information:
This presents a novel active network architecture for service composites of protocol/ system components. The composition model promotes transparent and dynamic (on-the-fly) creation of network-side services. The key challenge addressed is to make active router systems usable in the real-world where there are many competing user and security demands, while at the same time maintaining network performance. Results from an implementation are presented that demonstrate the success of this system and thus not just the viability of this scheme in real networks but, one might argue, of active networks themselves. Specially selected for journal publication by the IWAN2002 programme committee. RAE_import_type : Journal article RAE_uoa_type : Computer Science and Informatics
Uncontrolled Keywords:
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Subjects:
?? ACTIVE AND PROGRAMMABLE NETWORKSSERVICE COMPOSITION FRAMEWORKPROGRAMMABLE ROUTERCOMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKINGCOMPUTER NETWORKS AND COMMUNICATIONSQA75 ELECTRONIC COMPUTERS. COMPUTER SCIENCE ??
ID Code:
12760
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Deposited On:
07 Jul 2011 15:00
Refereed?:
Yes
Published?:
Published
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