PLAN (Packet Language for Active Networks) is a new language for programs that form the
packets of a programmable network. These programs replace the packet headers (which …

0107 The constant rapid proliferation in the number and varied diversity in the diverse group
of communication devices, mobile networks and other types of communication channels …

Jocaml is a system for mobile agents built inside the Objective-Caml language. Jocaml
eases the development of concurrent, distributed and mobile agent based applications, by …

In these lecture notes, we give an overview of concurrent, distributed, and mobile
programming using JoCaml. JoCaml is an extension of the Objective Caml language. It …

Active networking is a paradigm for data networks in which the network is designed not
merely to forward packets, but also to be dynamically programmed in order to support per …

The main focus of active networking research so far has been at the infrastructure level,
facing the challenges of designing suitable node operating system structures and the study …

Active networks represent a change in network paradigm from a static, one-size-fits-all
packet-transport service to a flexible platform capable of being programmed to provide new …

Research in active networking has been pursuing several broad objective 14]. One objective
is to introduce truly portable code for network software. If a single implementation of a …

This report presents a snap shot of work in progress regarding the active network research
at Lancaster University. Section 2 outlines our main motivations for the work in the area of …

The OKE Corral is an active network environment which allows third-party active code to
configure an active node's code organisation at any level, including the kernel. Using the …