Dynamically selecting protocols for socket applications

Author

Ogle, David M. ; Tracey, Karen M. ; Floyd, Richard A. ; Bollella, Gregory

Author_Institution

IBM Corp., Research Triangle Park, NC, USA

Volume

7

Issue

3

fYear

1993

fDate

5/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

48

Lastpage

57

Abstract

An application enablement method that enables communications applications to run on protocols for which they were not written is discussed. The focus is on a subset of networks and communications application programming interfaces. The communications interface chosen is Berkeley sockets. The network protocols used are SNA (Systems Network Architecture) and TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol). The running of existing socket applications over SNA networks, which requires support for transparently masking the differences between TCP/IP and SNA from the applications, is described. Protocol selection, address mapping, and connection management are also described.<>

Keywords

internetworking; open systems; protocols; Berkeley sockets; SNA; Systems Network Architecture; TCP/IP; Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol; address mapping; application enablement method; communications application programming interfaces; connection management; multi-protocol sockets; network protocols; protocol selection; socket applications; Communication standards; Communication system control; Hardware; Internet; Kernel; Programming profession; Protocols; Prototypes; Sockets; TCPIP;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Network, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0890-8044

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/65.224019

Filename

224019