Adaptors for protocol conversion

Author

Calvert, Kenneth L. ; Lam, Simon S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Texas Univ., Austin, TX, USA

fYear

1990

fDate

3-7 Jun 1990

Firstpage

552

Abstract

The use of adaptors for protocol conversion in heterogeneous data networks with layered architectures is proposed. An adaptor is a form of protocol converter enabling a peer component of one protocol to simulate a peer of a different protocol. Adaptors have several advantages over other conversion architectures, especially gateway-type converters: they avoid bottlenecks at network boundaries, and a message is translated twice at most on its way from one peer to the other; adaptors are well-suited for conversion among multiple protocols; and the definition of an adaptor as the quotient of known components is simpler than for other converters, making it simpler to compute an adaptor algorithmically or to verify one derived heuristically. The approach is illustrated with an example involving three different connection-management protocols

Keywords

computer networks; protocols; adaptors; connection-management protocols; heterogeneous data networks; layered architectures; multiple protocols; protocol conversion; Computer architecture; Computer network management; Computer networks; Internetworking; Transport protocols;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

INFOCOM '90, Ninth Annual Joint Conference of the IEEE Computer and Communication Societies. The Multiple Facets of Integration. Proceedings, IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2049-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INFCOM.1990.91294

Filename

91294