Network Computing and Applications, Third IEEE International Symposium on (NCA'04)
Towards Flexible Finite-State-Machine-Based Protocol Composition
Boston, Massachusetts
August 30-September 01
ISBN: 0-7695-2242-4
Richard Ekwall, ?cole Polytechnique F?d?rale de Lausanne (EPFL), Swizterland
Sergio Mena, ?cole Polytechnique F?d?rale de Lausanne (EPFL), Swizterland
Stefan Pleisch, ?cole Polytechnique F?d?rale de Lausanne (EPFL), Swizterland
Andr? Schiper, ?cole Polytechnique F?d?rale de Lausanne (EPFL), Swizterland
We propose a novel approach to the composition of group communication protocols. In this approach, components are modelled as finite state machines communicating via signals. We introduce two building blocks, called adaptor and adaplexor, that ease the development and the composition of group communication protocol stacks, and we discuss how isolation can be achieved in this setting. To validate our architectural concepts, we have implemented the proposed group communication architecture in SDL.
Citation:
Richard Ekwall, Sergio Mena, Stefan Pleisch, Andr? Schiper, "Towards Flexible Finite-State-Machine-Based Protocol Composition," nca, pp.281-286, Network Computing and Applications, Third IEEE International Symposium on (NCA'04), 2004