TY - GEN
T1 - Careful protocols or how to use highly reliable networks
AU - Mosberger, D.
AU - Peterson, L. L.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 1993 IEEE.
PY - 1993
Y1 - 1993
N2 - The motivation for the work presented in this paper stems from the observation that optical token-ring networks have bit-error rates that are low enough to be negligible for all but the most demanding applications. We define the notion of careful protocols that attempt to benefit from the reliability of such networks. Although it might seem trivial to implement protocols in the presence of a reliable network, a closer look reveals that this is not at all true. In essence, while protocols based on unreliable networks have to worry recovering from lost packets, careful protocols have to worry about flow-control. This is work in progress, and as such, incomplete. However, first results appear to show that it might be worthwhile to use careful protocols over networks with high reliability.
AB - The motivation for the work presented in this paper stems from the observation that optical token-ring networks have bit-error rates that are low enough to be negligible for all but the most demanding applications. We define the notion of careful protocols that attempt to benefit from the reliability of such networks. Although it might seem trivial to implement protocols in the presence of a reliable network, a closer look reveals that this is not at all true. In essence, while protocols based on unreliable networks have to worry recovering from lost packets, careful protocols have to worry about flow-control. This is work in progress, and as such, incomplete. However, first results appear to show that it might be worthwhile to use careful protocols over networks with high reliability.
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U2 - 10.1109/WWOS.1993.348168
DO - 10.1109/WWOS.1993.348168
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:0039771904
T3 - Proceedings of IEEE 4th Workshop on Workstation Operating Systems, WWOS 1993
SP - 80
EP - 84
BT - Proceedings of IEEE 4th Workshop on Workstation Operating Systems, WWOS 1993
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 4th IEEE Workshop on Workstation Operating Systems, WWOS 1993
Y2 - 14 October 1993 through 15 October 1993
ER -