Title :
Intelligent gateways for unified computing environments
Author :
King, Chung-Ta ; Hu, Kuo-Lin ; Chang, Yeu-Ming ; Ng, Peter A. ; Shiau, Tzong-Huei
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., New Jersey Inst. of Technol., Newark, NJ, USA
Abstract :
The use of gateways to integrate heterogeneous networks is investigated. The goal is to extend the unified environments across network boundaries transparently so that services provided by one environment are available to other networks. This approach is most effective if the connected networks have incompatible environments which provide similar services. Intelligent gateways have the advantages of low cost, modularity, resource sharing across the networks and minimal modification to the existing systems. The basic concept of an intelligent gateway is introduced. A case study in which an intelligent gateway supports a network file system between a SUN network and a PC network is presented to demonstrate the basic ideas
Keywords :
computer interfaces; computer networks; intelligent networks; PC network; SUN network; case study; connected networks; heterogeneous networks; incompatible environments; intelligent gateway; network boundaries; network file system; resource sharing; unified computing environments; unified environments; Computer aided manufacturing; Computer interfaces; Costs; Distributed computing; File systems; Hardware; Information science; Intelligent networks; Resource management; Sun;
Conference_Titel :
Systems Integration, 1990. Systems Integration '90., Proceedings of the First International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Morristown, NJ
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-9027-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICSI.1990.138674
