MAP: mobile assistant programming for large scale communication networks

Author

Perret, Stéphane ; Duda, Andrzej

Author_Institution

IMAG, Grenoble, France

Volume

2

fYear

1996

fDate

23-27 Jun 1996

Firstpage

1128

Abstract

We have defined a new network programming model called mobile assistant programming (MAP) for development and execution of communication applications in large scale networks of heterogeneous computers. MAP assistants are high-level interpreted programs that can move between nodes, create clones and report results, Their execution is asynchronous and persistent to allow client disconnections and survival of node failures. We have implemented the mobile assistant programming model using the World-Wide Web framework and the scheme programming language. Our initial experience shows that the MAP model is a useful paradigm for programming communication applications in large scale networks

Keywords

Internet; computer network reliability; fault tolerant computing; high level languages; network operating systems; operating systems (computers); program interpreters; software agents; MAP; World-Wide Web framework; asynchronous execution; client disconnections; clones; communication applications; heterogeneous computers; high-level interpreted programs; large scale communication networks; mobile assistant programming; network programming model; node failures; scheme programming language; Application software; Bandwidth; Communication networks; Computer networks; IP networks; Large-scale systems; Mobile communication; Network servers; Telecommunication traffic; Web server;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, 1996. ICC '96, Conference Record, Converging Technologies for Tomorrow's Applications. 1996 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Dallas, TX

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3250-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICC.1996.541385

Filename

541385