Performance of Application-Specific Buffering Schemes for Active Networks

As the cost of computing power decreases and network traffic patterns become more complex,it becomes worthwhile to consider the benefits of allowing users to specify policies for managingtheir traffic within the network. Active networking is a new design paradigm in which thenetwork is architected not merely to forward packets, but also to be dynamically programmedin order to support per-user services. Active networks export uniform "meta-level" interfacesthat expose network-level...