TY - JOUR
T1 - Guest Editorial
T2 - Open source for networking: Protocol stacks
AU - Lin, Ying-Dar
AU - Hwang, Ren Hung
AU - Armitage, Grenville
AU - Eramo, Vincenzo
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Open source is playing an increasingly important role in the software and communications industries. In particular, open source implementations are widely available for most Internet protocols, from kernel-resident Ethernet drivers, WLAN drivers, and TCP/IP stacks (e.g., in Linux, BSD, and Android operating systems) up to user-space networked applications (e.g., web clients and proxies). Open sourced applications are arguably becoming more prevalent than proprietary closed software. Hundreds of open source networking packages have played important roles in our daily life. The same open source spirit also goes to some medium access control (MAC)/physical (PHY) hardware components and the development platforms for simulation, rapid prototyping, software defined radio, and software defined networking.
AB - Open source is playing an increasingly important role in the software and communications industries. In particular, open source implementations are widely available for most Internet protocols, from kernel-resident Ethernet drivers, WLAN drivers, and TCP/IP stacks (e.g., in Linux, BSD, and Android operating systems) up to user-space networked applications (e.g., web clients and proxies). Open sourced applications are arguably becoming more prevalent than proprietary closed software. Hundreds of open source networking packages have played important roles in our daily life. The same open source spirit also goes to some medium access control (MAC)/physical (PHY) hardware components and the development platforms for simulation, rapid prototyping, software defined radio, and software defined networking.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84898942587&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/MNET.2014.6786606
DO - 10.1109/MNET.2014.6786606
M3 - Editorial
AN - SCOPUS:84898942587
SN - 0890-8044
VL - 28
SP - 2
EP - 5
JO - IEEE Network
JF - IEEE Network
IS - 2
M1 - 6786606
ER -