Current Active Networks research projects are mainly realized in software-based host systems since commercial network devices lack required networking programmability. This paper studies the active networking approach using the Openet programmable networking platform. Openet comprises ORE (Oplet Runtime Environment) and hierarchical services from low-level systems to high-level applications, an...

We present ANCORS, an adaptable network control and reporting system that merges technology from network management and distributed simulation to provide a uniied paradigm for assessing, controlling , and designing active networks. ANCORS introduces a framework to assist in managing the substantial complexities of software reuse and scalability in active network environments. Speciically, ANCOR...

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 active networks. Section 3 introduces the active network architecture LARA++ describing the fundamental ideas and the model of the active network architecture. It provides a detailed description of the active node...

A blockchain-based power transaction method is proposed for Active Distribution Network (ADN), considering the poor security and high cost of a centralized trading system. Firstly, decentralized blockchain structure ADN built information kept in blocks. Secondly, needs between users suppliers ADN, an energy request mechanism proposed, optimization objective function designed by integrating awar...