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Sensors 2012, 12, 8112-8134; doi:10.3390/s120608112 OPEN ACCESS sensors ISSN 1424-8220 /journal/sensors Article Process-in-Network: A Comprehensive Network Processing Approach Gabriel Urzaiz 1,*, David Villa 2, Felix Villanueva 2 and Juan Carlos Lopez 2 1 Division of Engineering and Exact Sciences, Anahuac Mayab University, Carretera Merida-Progreso km.15.5, Merida, Yucatan 97310, Mexico 2 Department of Technology and Information Systems, School of Computer Science, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Av. Universidad, 4, Ciudad Real 13071, Spain; E-Mails: david.villa@uclm.es (D.V.); felix.villanueva@uclm.es (F.V.); juancarlos.lopez@uclm.es (J.C.L.) * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: gabriel.urzaiz@anahuac.mx; Tel.: +52-999-942-4800; Fax: +52-999-942-4807. Received: 23 April 2012; in revised form: 30 May 2012 / Accepted: 4 June 2012 / Published: 12 June 2012 Abstract: A solid and versatile communications platform is very important in modern Ambient Intelligence (AmI) applications, which usually require the transmission of large amounts of multimedia information over a highly heterogeneous network. This article focuses on the concept of Process-in-Network (PIN), which is defined as the possibility that the network processes information as it is being transmitted, and introduces a more comprehensive approach than current network processing technologies. PIN can take ad