Title :
Asynchronous remote operation execution in distributed systems
Author :
Walker, Edward F. ; Floyd, Richard ; Neves, Paul
Author_Institution :
BBN Syst. & Technol. Corp., Cambridge, MA, USA
fDate :
28 May-1 Jun 1990
Abstract :
The authors present the design and implementation of an asynchronous remote operation execution facility, futures, that retains the benefits of the remote procedure call (RPC) abstraction but allows execution to proceed locally in parallel with remote execution and provides extensive support for managing replies. It is shown how this facility can be easily used to support many common interprocess communication styles, including RPC, multicast, broadcast, returning incremental results, and the multiplexing of multiple remote computations. A flow control mechanism for futures is described
Keywords :
distributed processing; protocols; asynchronous remote operation execution; broadcast; distributed systems; flow control; futures; interprocess communication styles; multicast; multiple remote computations; multiplexing; remote execution; remote procedure call; reply management; returning incremental results; Broadcasting; Contracts; Delay; Distributed computing; Message passing; Parallel processing; User interfaces;
Conference_Titel :
Distributed Computing Systems, 1990. Proceedings., 10th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Paris
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2048-X
DOI :
10.1109/ICDCS.1990.89292
