Title :
Flow and congestion control in the message handling environment
Author :
Brachman, B.J. ; Chanson, Samuel T.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., British Columbia Univ., Vancouver, BC, Canada
Abstract :
A framework is presented for the design of application level store-and-forward message transfer systems. Flow control and congestion control issues in the message handling environment are discussed. A new model for message transport, the message stream, is proposed as a basis of the flow and congestion control functionality. Important design aspects, including message fragmentation and management of transit and recipient buffers, are addressed
Keywords :
electronic mail; message switching; buffers; congestion control; electronic mail; flow control; message handling; store-and-forward message transfer; Application software; Computer science; Control systems; Electronic mail; Hardware; Network servers; Network topology; System recovery; Telecommunication network reliability; Terminology;
Conference_Titel :
INFOCOM '89. Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Joint Conference of the IEEE Computer and Communications Societies. Technology: Emerging or Converging, IEEE
Conference_Location :
Ottawa, Ont.
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-1920-1
DOI :
10.1109/INFCOM.1989.101520
