Title :
A model for dynamic configuration of light-weight protocols
Author :
Plagemann, Thomas ; Plattner, Bemhard ; Vogt, Martin ; Walter, Thomas
Author_Institution :
Lab. of Comput. Eng. & Networks, Swiss Federal Inst. of Technol. Zurich, Switzerland
Abstract :
This paper discusses the configuration of light-weight protocols. As opposed to other proposals which introduce a predetermined protocol hierarchy, the configuration is dynamic in the sense that an application can specify requirements of the underlying services and the configuration of a protocol is done with respect to these requirements. The approach discussed in this paper introduces a model for the configuration of protocols comprising of three layers: application, end-to-end communications, and transport infrastructure layer. The dynamic configuration takes place in the end-to-end communications layer. The emphasis of the paper is on the description of the model, a notation for the description of application requirements, and the configuration of protocol entities. The approach is particularly well-suited to make use of any progress in implementations of protocol functions
Keywords :
formal specification; protocols; application; dynamic configuration; end-to-end communications; light-weight protocols; model; transport infrastructure layer; Application software; Broadband communication; Computer networks; High speed optical techniques; Laboratories; Optical packet switching; Packet switching; Proposals; Quality of service; Transport protocols;
Conference_Titel :
Distributed Computing Systems, 1992., Proceedings of the Third Workshop on Future Trends of
Conference_Location :
Taipei
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2755-7
DOI :
10.1109/FTDCS.1992.217508
