Title :
Accommodating RPC heterogeneities in large heterogeneous distributed environments
Author :
Huang, Yen-Min ; Ravishankar, Chinya V.
Author_Institution :
Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Abstract :
The authors focus on the design and implementation of an agent synthesis scheme. It is shown that an agent synthesis scheme is an effective method for dealing with the many instances of remote procedure call (RPC) heterogeneity in heterogeneous distributed environments. The RPC agent synthesis scheme has two components: a set of language constructs (Cicero) to describe RPC protocol constructions, and a program (Nestor) to synthesize and activate RPC agents automatically. A novel feature of Cicero is the use of event patterns to control synchrony, asynchrony, and concurrency in protocol execution. Nestor is a remote evaluation system specialized for synthesizing RPC agents
Keywords :
concurrency control; network operating systems; protocols; remote procedure calls; Cicero; Nestor; RPC heterogeneities; agent synthesis scheme; asynchrony; concurrency; event patterns; language constructs; large heterogeneous distributed environments; protocol constructions; remote procedure call; synchrony; Availability; Control system synthesis; Costs; Fault tolerance; Geoscience; LAN interconnection; Network servers; Network synthesis; Software maintenance; Transport protocols;
Conference_Titel :
System Sciences, 1993, Proceeding of the Twenty-Sixth Hawaii International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wailea, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-3230-5
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.1993.284084
