Crash resilient communication in dynamic networks

Author

Dolev, Shlomi ; Welch, Jennifer L.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Math. & Comput. Sci., Ben-Gurion Univ. of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel

Volume

46

Issue

1

fYear

1997

fDate

1/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

14

Lastpage

26

Abstract

An end-to-end data delivery protocol for dynamic communication networks is presented. The protocol uses bounded sequence numbers and can tolerate both link failures and (intermediate) processor crashes. Previous bounded end-to-end protocols could not tolerate crashes. We present a self-stabilizing version of the algorithm that can recover from crashes of the sender and the receiver as well as of intermediate processors. Starting with the network in an arbitrary state, the self-stabilizing version guarantees proper transmission of messages following a finite convergence period

Keywords

computer network reliability; computer networks; fault tolerant computing; protocols; bounded sequence numbers; crash resilient communication; dynamic networks; end-to-end data delivery protocol; finite convergence period; link failures; self-stabilizing version; Communication networks; Computer crashes; Convergence; Intelligent networks; Network topology; Process design; Protocols; Stability; Telecommunication network reliability;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computers, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9340

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/12.559799

Filename

559799