Synopses & Reviews
This book refers to applications that run inside the network itself as "network-embedded applications." An important category of such applications that is already emerging constitutes management applications, supplementing traditional management operations support infrastructure with network-embedded management. As a result, elements in a network have the potential to become a lot more intelligent and versatile. The rise of these technologies raises a number of questions: What are the opportunities - what types of applications can be expected to utilize those new capabilities? Are new classes of decentralized algorithms about to emerge? What are the inherent advantages of programming inside the network, as opposed to outside (and merely connecting to) the network? Are there special implications and considerations for the network-embedded software development process? What implications do network-embedded-applications create for traditional centralized NMS/OSS applications and concepts? How can I get started - what capabilities exist today? This book aims to address these questions. It will provide an overview of the state-of-the-art in programmable network infrastructure. As the topic itself is still in an emerging state, it will also present a cross-section of the research that is occurring in this area. The book will be based on a conference workshop that the authors will conduct on the same subject. The portion of the book that presents a cross-section on research will be based on a selection of papers that are presented at the workshop. The papers will be edited; the book will not double as conference proceedings. This part will be complemented by chapters from outside the conference that provide a general introduction into the subject area and present some of the state-of-the-art today.
Synopsis
Despite the explosion of networking services and applications in the past decades, the basic technological underpinnings of the Internet have remained largely unchanged. At its heart are special-purpose appliances that connect us to the digital world, commonly known as switches and routers. Now, however, the traditional framework is being increasingly challenged by new methods that are jostling for a position in the next-generation Internet. The concept of a network that is becoming more programmable is one of the aspects that are taking center stage. This opens new possibilities to embed software applications inside the network itself and to manage networks and communications services with unprecedented ease and efficiency.
In this edited volume, distinguished experts take the reader on a tour of different facets of programmable network infrastructure and applications that exploit it. Presenting the state of the art in network embedded management and applications and programmable network infrastructure, the book conveys fundamental concepts and provides a glimpse into various facets of the latest technology in the field.
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Addressing a number of questions related to management functions in network-embedded applications, this book provides an overview of the state-of-the-art in programmable network infrastructure, including a cross-section of the very latest research.
Synopsis
In this edited volume, distinguished experts take the reader on a tour of the past, present and future of the Internet. Despite the explosion in the past decade of networking services and applications, the basic technological substructure remains unchanged: the switches and routers that connect us to the digital world are still the appliance-based firmware and hardware they have been for some time. Now, however, this conceptual framework is being challenged by new methods that are jostling for a position as the "next-generation" Internet architecture. Presenting the state of the art in network-embedded management and applications, the book conveys the principles underlying the practice as well as providing a glimpse into the latest technology in the field. From the history of network programmability, it moves to the boundary-expanding technologies that are set to once again revolutionize the digital revolution, including the novel ideas of content-centric and software-defined networking set to decouple the physical topology of the Internet from its content and control.
Synopsis
Despite the explosion of networking services and applications in the past decades, the basic technological underpinnings of the Internet have remained largely unchanged.
Table of Contents
Foundations of Network-Embedded Management and Applications.-Motivation: The Dawn of athe age of network-embedded applications.-A brief history of network programmability, and related fields.-Programmable network infrastructure.-Network-embedded applications and decentralized software patterns.-Network-embedded management.-Emerging topics in network-embedded management and applications.