A protocol test system for the study of sliding window protocols on networked UNIX computers

Author

Kassabian, Dikran ; Albicki, Alexander

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Rochester Univ., NY, USA

Volume

38

Issue

4

fYear

1995

fDate

11/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

328

Lastpage

334

Abstract

A software-based system for modeling transport layer protocols and observing their behavior and performance in an actual local area network setting is introduced. The simple interface definition provides for rapid prototyping of the flow control, error recovery and connection management features of transport layer protocols. The ability to introduce errors into the communications stream allows for testing in a variety of situations which are troublesome for communications protocols, such as long delays in delivery and acknowledgment, packet loss, and high noise rates. This protocol test system (PTS) is intended as a tool which can provide a practical environment in which students and engineers can develop and study communications protocols,

Keywords

Unix; computer communications software; computer science education; formal verification; local area networks; network analysers; operating systems (computers); transport protocols; communications protocols; computer communications education; connection management; error recovery; flow control; high noise rates; local area network; networked UNIX computers; packet loss; protocol test system; sliding window protocols; software-based system; Communication system control; Delay; Error correction; Local area networks; Prototypes; Sliding mode control; Software prototyping; System testing; Transport protocols; Working environment noise;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Education, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9359

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/13.473151

Filename

473151