Active Networks - useful links and resources

Organizations and Projects - Active Backbone Testbeds - Other index pages - Applications in Active Networks - Conferences - Journals and Magazines - Surveys


Projects on NodeOS and EE:

MIT The Active Networks home page 
Activeware - Active Networks research of the SDS group 
ANTS (v1.2) - an Active Node Transfer System 
PAN - a Practical Active Network
University of Washington ANTS (v 2.0.2) - an Active Node Transfer System 
University of Utah Janos Java NodeOS 
ANTS (v 2.0.3)- an Active Node Transfer System
UPENN 
and Bellcore
The SwitchWare Project which also includes: 
   PLAN - Packet Language for Active Networks
   SNAP - Safe and Nimble Active Packets
   SANE O/S - Secure Active Network Environment 
   ANEP - Active Network Encapsulation Protocol
   Protocol Boosters and P4 Project  

  Eros (now at Johns Hopkins University)

DARPA The DARPA ATO page on Active Networks
Docs originated from the AN Darpa AN program
BBN Smart Packets
SRI International, 
USC/ISI, and 
Metanetworks, Inc.
ANCORS: Adaptable Network COntrol and Reporting System
ACTIVATE -  AN Test Environment
Active Network Backbone (ABONE) 
ASP (Active Signaling Protocol) EE
University of Arizona Liquid Software
Princeton University Extensible Routers - a prototype router for the next generation Internet
Scout - a configurable, communication-oriented operating system
(VERA and SILK)
Georgia Tech CANES - Composable Active Network Elements
Odyssey 2.2 is a software package which includes Bowman Node OS and CANEs EE
Columbia University NetScript: A Language and Environment for Programmable Networks 
Genesis, a virtual network operating system
Washington Univ. (St. Louis)
and ETH Zurich
ANN - A Scalable, High Performance Active Network Node
DAN EE
University of Geneva The Messenger Project (a distributed system based on mobile agents)
IEEE IEEE P1520
Proposed IEEE Standard for Application Programming Interfaces for Networks
Stanford University MAUDE: A Wide-Spectrum Formal Language for Secure Active Networks 
University of Cambridge
Nemesis - an Operation System
Nemesis new website
RCANE: A Resource Controlled Framework for Active Network Services
RESAM - Claude Bernard University (Lyon)
and INRIA
Tamanoir EE

 

Infrastructures and Testbeds:

ABONE 
The Active Network Backbone  has 57 active nodes:
  • 33 general Internet nodes
  • 14 CAIRN nodes
  • 10 Utah Testbed cluster

Check ABONE status at Metanetworks 
ANON 
The Active Network Overlay Network   

In 1998 an active packet was sent around the world in 500 msec. 
ART

Active Router Testbed

ART is a AN testbed based on 40 Linux workstations cluster.

 

AA - Active Applications:

Nework Management
NESTOR at Columbia University
SMAN at ETH Zurich and NEC Europe
ANgate at ICAR-CNR
AVNMP - Active Virtual Network Management Prediction at GE
Network Storage Adaptive Web Caching at UCLA
Self-Organizing Wide-Area Caches in CANES
Logistical Storage (IBP and Tamanoir) at Univ. of Tennessee and INRIA
Multicast and Routing Active Reliable Multicast at MIT  
PANAMA by TASC and the Univ. of Massachusetts
ActiveCast, Anycast, Concast at Univ. of Kentucky
Gathercast at Rutgers the State University of New Jersey
Ants-based Adaptive Routing at ICAR-CNR
Distributed Strategies SANDS, distributed simulations at TASC and the University of Massachusetts
ARMGRID at Univ. of Lyon and INRIA (FR)
Virtual Active Networks at Columbia Univ. and NEC Europe
Active firewall, "A Defense Against Address Spoofing Using Active Networks" at MIT
Resource Reservation Protocol and QoS ARP Project: Active Signaling  at ISI/USC 
Congestion Control Active Congestion Control at ISI/USC
Application-Specific Congestion Control in CANES
Wireless
"Next Century Challenges: RadioActive Networks" at Univ. of Washington and Spectrumware at MIT


Other index pages:

Active Networking mailing list archives
Active Networks Research in Europe by Christian Tschudin (Uppsala, Sweden)
The MIT index page on DARPA Active Networks projects
Takano's survey
Nortel Networks' AN-related resources page
Active Networking projects page by Rory Graves
 


Conferences:

OPENARCH - The IEEE Conference on Open Architectures and Network Programming 1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
IWAN - The International Working Conference on Active Networks
1999
2000
2001
2002
AMS - The Annual International Workshop on Active Middleware Services
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003

 

Journals and Magazines:

May/June 1998 Vol.12 No.3 IEEE Network Magazine: "Special Issue on Active and Programmable Networks"
July 1998 IEEE Communications Magazine: "Mobile Software Agents for Telecommunications"
October 1998 IEEE Communications Magazine: "Programmable Networks"
April 1999 IEEE Computer: Active Networks, Vol. 32 N.4
1st Quarter 2000 IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications: "Intelligent Techniques in High Speed Networks"
March 2000 IEEE Communications Magazine: "Active, Programmable, and Mobile Code Networking"
March 2001 IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications: "Active and Programmable Networks"


Surveys:

Tennenhouse, D. L., Wetherall, D.J. Towards an Active Network Architecture
Computer Communication Review, Vol. 26, No. 2,
April 1996
Tennenhouse, D. L., Smith, J.M., Sincoskie, W.D., Wetherall D.J., Minde, G.J
A Survey of Active Network Research
IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 35, No. 1, pp. 80-86,
January 1997
Calvert, K.L., Bhattacharjee, S., Zegura, E.W., Sterbenz, J.
Directions in Active Networks
IEEE Communications Magazine, vol.36, n.10, pp. 72 – 78,
October 1998
Campbell, A.T., Kounavis, M.E., Vicente, J., Villela, Miki, K. and H. De Meer
A Survey of Programmable Networks
ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review, Vol. 29, No. 2, pp. 7-24, April 1999



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