Title :
Transport system architecture services for high-performance communications systems
Author :
Schmidt, Douglas C. ; Suda, Tatsuya
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. & Comput. Sci., California Univ., Irvine, CA, USA
fDate :
5/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Transport system services that integrate operating system resources such as CPUs, virtual memory, and I/O devices with network protocols to support distributed multimedia applications running on local and wide area networks are described and classified. A taxonomy is presented, and four commercial and experimental transport systems are compared and evaluated in terms of their protocol processing support. The systems discussed are System V UNIX STREAMS, the BSD UNIX networking subsystem, the x-kernel, and the Choices Conduit system
Keywords :
Unix; local area networks; multimedia systems; network operating systems; protocols; wide area networks; BSD UNIX networking subsystem; Choices Conduit system; LAN; System V UNIX STREAMS; WAN; distributed multimedia applications; high-performance communications systems; local area networks; network protocols; protocol processing support; taxonomy; transport system architecture services; wide area networks; x-kernel; Access protocols; Communication system control; Control systems; Error correction; Memory management; Multimedia systems; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control; Transport protocols; Wide area networks;
Journal_Title :
Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on
