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The context of this paper and the corresponding challenges are formed by network services and their requirements to the underlying protocol stack. The relevance of this research is confirmed by three recent trends in network services and their execution environment: growing reliance of businesses and individuals on network connectivity, highly dynamic network characteristics, and a wide range of connected client device types. This paper proposes DiPS+ (Distrinet Protocol Stack+), a sophisticated software architecture and component framework to support the development of protocol stacks that are easily customizable to application- and environment-specific requirements.