A language for specifying and implementing the low-level functions of media access protocols

Author

Cieslak, Randy ; Varaiya, Pravin

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA

fYear

1989

fDate

22-24 March 1989

Firstpage

428

Lastpage

433

Abstract

The programmable network prototyping system (PNPS) is a facility used for the rapid prototyping of communication network protocols. It consists of a collection of node emulators, a programmable channel that supports a transmission rate of 10 Mb/s, and a backbone system used for configuration, data collection, and data analysis. The authors describe PNPS in general and its network controller in particular. Then they describe LIFP, the language used to specify and implement the low-level functions of media access protocols. They illustrate its use with the CSMA/CD (carrier-sort multiple-access with collision detection) protocol and discuss the implementation of the compiler and debugger.<>

Keywords

carrier sense multiple access; protocols; specification languages; 10 Mbit/s; CSMA/CD; LIFP; backbone system; communication network protocols; compiler; data analysis; data collection; debugger; low-level functions; media access protocols; network controller; node emulators; programmable channel; programmable network prototyping system; rapid prototyping; Access protocols; Computer networks; Couplings; Debugging; Hardware; Laboratories; Media Access Protocol; Multiaccess communication; Prototypes; Spine;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computers and Communications, 1989. Conference Proceedings., Eighth Annual International Phoenix Conference on

Conference_Location

Scottsdale, AZ, USA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-1918-x

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PCCC.1989.37426

Filename

37426