An efficient method for protocol conversion

Author

Tao, Z.P. ; Bochmann, G.V. ; Dssouli, R.

Author_Institution

Dept. d´´Inf. et de Recherche Oper., Montreal Univ., Que., Canada

fYear

1995

fDate

20-23 Sep 1995

Firstpage

40

Lastpage

47

Abstract

We propose an efficient algorithm for constructing optimized protocol converters to achieve interoperability between heterogeneous computer networks. This method first generates constraints from existing protocols and imposes them to channel specifications, which removes message sequences of the channel specifications that do not contribute to system progress. Then, an optimized converter is generated from a given deterministic service specification, the two protocol specifications and the modified channel specifications. The observation equivalence is used to compare the service specification and the internetworking system. Compared with related works reported by Calvert and Lam (1989), our method has two advantages: (1) it generates an optimized converter; and (2) it needs less computation

Keywords

computer networks; internetworking; open systems; optimisation; protocols; telecommunication channels; deterministic service specification; efficient algorithm; heterogeneous computer networks; internetworking system; interoperability; message sequences; modified channel specifications; observation equivalence; optimized protocol converters; protocol conversion; protocol specifications; Algorithm design and analysis; Communication industry; Computer architecture; Computer networks; Decision support systems; Internetworking; Optimization methods; Protocols;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Communications and Networks, 1995. Proceedings., Fourth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Las Vegas, NV

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7180-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCCN.1995.540100

Filename

540100