Design and implementation of remote procedure call based on ISO/OSI reference model

Author

Kwong, S. ; Ng, K.T. ; Chau, W.N.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., City Polytech. of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Volume

1

fYear

1993

fDate

19-21 Oct. 1993

Firstpage

544

Abstract

Describes a client-server distributed computing model which is established on an Ethernet-based LAN. Simple PCs are used as clients, and a high-performance i486 CICS processor workstation with an i860 RISC coprocessor is used as the server. Remote procedure call (RPC) facilities are designed and implemented for the above distributed processing system, to support remote compilation and remote program execution. An i860 RISC networked compiler is also designed to facilitate the use of the RISC server. The system is designed under the ISO/OSI reference model with modularization. It is also kept small and simple in its development, testing and debugging. The use of the RPC mechanism facilitate a high degree of programmer transparency. The client-server model is successfully built and its performance is evaluated. It is found that systems using the powerful RISC servers have superior performance compared to a PC running local applications.<>

Keywords

local area networks; microcomputer applications; open systems; protocols; reduced instruction set computing; remote procedure calls; Ethernet-based LAN; ISO/OSI reference model; client-server distributed computing model; high-performance i486 CICS processor workstation; i860 RISC coprocessor; i860 RISC networked compiler; modularization; performance evaluation; personal computers; programmer transparency; remote compilation; remote procedure call; remote program execution; system debugging; system development; system testing; Coprocessors; Distributed computing; ISO; Local area networks; Network servers; Open systems; Personal communication networks; Power system modeling; Reduced instruction set computing; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

TENCON '93. Proceedings. Computer, Communication, Control and Power Engineering.1993 IEEE Region 10 Conference on

Conference_Location

Beijing, China

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1233-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TENCON.1993.320047

Filename

320047