Flexibly deployable communication device facilitating interoperation between middleware

摘要: A novel communication device (e.g., router or switch) facilitates interoperation between a plurality of middleware. The has in-ports, out-ports, and configurator. In-ports, IP 0 , . m are associated with middleware from OP n the configurator configures in-ports out-ports based on binding transport via path at least one configured in-port out-port, allowing an incoming message to pass said out-port. Parameters ‘m’ ‘n’ chosen such that any following conditions true: m=0 n≧1, m≧1 n=0, m=n, m=1 n>1, m>1 n=1, m≠n.