The Design of a Reliable Remote Procedure Call Mechanism

Author

Shrivastava, Saurabh K. ; Panzieri, Fabio

Author_Institution

Computing Laboratory, University of Newcastle upon Tyne

Issue

7

fYear

1982

fDate

7/1/1982 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

692

Lastpage

697

Abstract

In this correspondence we describe the design of a reliable Remote Procedure Call mechanism intended for use in local area networks. Starting from the hardware level that provides primitive facilities for data transmission, we describe how such a mechanism can be constructed. We discuss various design issues involved, including the choice of a message passing system over which the remote call mechanism is to be constructed and the treatment of various abnormal situations such as lost messages and node crashes. We also investigate what the reliability requirements of the Remote Procedure Call mechanism should be with respect to both the application programs using it and the message passing system on which it itself is based.

Keywords

Atomic actions; data communication; distributed systems; fault tolerance; local area networks; Authentication; Computer crashes; Context; Data communication; Fault tolerant systems; Hardware; Local area networks; Message passing; Network servers; Telecommunication network reliability; Atomic actions; data communication; distributed systems; fault tolerance; local area networks;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computers, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9340

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TC.1982.1676069

Filename

1676069