Title :
Interconnection scheme for NOW (network of workstations)
Author :
Odhiambo, Marcel O.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Commun. Eng., Moi Univ., Eldoret, Kenya
fDate :
6/21/1905 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
An interconnection scheme for NOW aims to provide a network of hosts (distributed computer system) in which distributed computing can be performed. The distributed system akin to the Internet, consists of a few or several hosts connected together by a logical interconnection network. Hosts on the network are grouped into domains, and the domains are interconnected together to form the network. Hosts in a domain are directly connected to every other host within that domain. Within a domain, a single host acts as a gateway host handling extra domain messages. To provide the distributed computer system, I implemented an interconnection scheme with two main functions: to provide connectivity among the hosts in the network; and message routing capability between the hosts
Keywords :
message passing; workstation clusters; Internet; distributed computing; domain messages; gateway host; host connectivity; interconnection scheme; message routing; workstation network; Computer architecture; Computer networks; Distributed computing; IP networks; Multiprocessor interconnection networks; Routing; Sockets; TCPIP; Table lookup; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
Africon, 1999 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Cape Town
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5546-6
DOI :
10.1109/AFRCON.1999.820965
