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Fourth International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN '95)
An efficient method for protocol conversion
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
September 20-September 23
ISBN: 0-8186-7180-7
Z.P. Tao, Dept. d'Inf. et de Recherche Oper., Montreal Univ., Que., Canada
G.v. Bochman, Dept. d'Inf. et de Recherche Oper., Montreal Univ., Que., Canada
R. Dssouli, Dept. d'Inf. et de Recherche Oper., Montreal Univ., Que., Canada
Abstract: We propose an efficient algorithm for constructing optimized protocol converters to achieve interoperability between heterogeneous computer networks. This method first generates constraints from existing protocols and imposes them to channel specifications, which removes message sequences of the channel specifications that do not contribute to system progress. Then, an optimized converter is generated from a given deterministic service specification, the two protocol specifications and the modified channel specifications. The observation equivalence is used to compare the service specification and the internetworking system. Compared with related works reported by Calvert and Lam (1989), our method has two advantages: (1) it generates an optimized converter; and (2) it needs less computation.
Index Terms:
protocols; protocol conversion; efficient algorithm; optimized protocol converters; interoperability; heterogeneous computer networks; message sequences; deterministic service specification; protocol specifications; modified channel specifications; observation equivalence; internetworking system
Citation:
Z.P. Tao, G.v. Bochman, R. Dssouli, "An efficient method for protocol conversion," icccn, pp.0040, Fourth International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN '95), 1995
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