Service creation and management in active telecom networks

Recent research in the area of active networking has demonstrated the potential of this new technology. From the service point of view, active networking allows customized packet processing inside the network, on a per-packet, per-flow, or per-service basis. Customized packet processing can be applied, e.g., to application-aware routing, information caching, multi-party communications, and packet filtering [1]. From the management perspective, active networking technology facilitates rapid service deployment and flexible service management [2].

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