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Towards a Feasible Active Networking Scenario

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We investigate the impact of introducing active networking on traditional packets flowing through the active nodes of a network. Using two approaches, the process algebra formalism PEPA and the simulation package SimJava, we compare the performance of an active node and of a traditional one. We are mainly interested in performance measures such as loss rates of standard packets and the node latency for this kind of packets.

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  1. LFCS, University of Edinburgh, Kings Buildings, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, Scotland

    J. Hillston & L. Kloul

  2. PRiSM, Université de Versailles, 45, Av. des Etats-Unis, 78035, Versailles Cedex, France

    A. Mokhtari

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Hillston, J., Kloul, L. & Mokhtari, A. Towards a Feasible Active Networking Scenario. Telecommunication Systems 27, 413–438 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:TELS.0000041018.31172.ef

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