Network configuration template

Cross-cutting, representing the loci of functional computations and states, and concern interactions representing the flow of information and state communication. Guided by the first view CellNet abstracts the core network concerns into applicationoriented, communication-oriented and resource-oriented functions and allows for concern federation thus addressing the cross cutting functional aspects among the previously identified core concerns. Figure 2 (left) models the CellNet component and for better understanding we present it superimposed on the TCP/IP model in figure 2 (right). Yet we emphasize, as indicated in the figures, that the CellNet framework does not impose layering among its defined abstractions allowing for diverse interfunctional communication

The NCs accompanied by the network configuration template framework present a new paradigm for building networks. However, to be realized within the present legacy network we propose attaching specialized NCs to existing protocols according to network functional decomposition as dictated by the CellNet framework. For example, the reliable transport service provided by TCP can be encapsulated into an AOC while socket management will be controlled by a COC.