An architecture of a threaded many-to-many remote procedure call

The client-agent-server architecture, which serves as a flexible mechanism for many-to-many remote procedure calls, is discussed. The architecture provides a transparent view of the server to a client. The client accesses the server group through the agent while retaining only an abstract view of the server. The call primitives for the client, agent groups, hook construction and primitives (hooks are basic building block which a server group provides to the agent group), and server groups used in the architecture are described. Implementation issues are reviewed