Object-oriented framework for cross-layer communication

Abstract

The layered structure of network processing is an effective formalism for constructing software systems. However, it has weakness in the efficiency of the total network system. Recently, cross-layer communications among network objects are expected to be a savior, which patches the lack of functionality in the layered structure. This paper describes the necessary conditions which must be met for implementing the cross-layer communication, a proposed object-oriented framework for it, an abstract oriented representation of data, and its evaluation relating to the data efficiency. Also, some application examples are shown.