Object-oriented network protocols

Author

Böcking, Stefan

Author_Institution

Corp. Res. & Dev., Siemens AG, Munich, Germany

Volume

3

fYear

1997

fDate

7-12 Apr 1997

Firstpage

1245

Abstract

A wide-range of various network communication services and protocols is required to efficiently support the diverse networks and their applications. It is usual to design a protocol for each new service which is required. An attractive alternative is to use a modular and object-oriented architecture for the design and implementation of network protocols. With it, protocols for individual service provision can be created by simply combining generic protocol functions blocks. This paper presents a new reference model which gives a foundation for the object-oriented design and implementation of modular network protocols. It also discusses a case study of an existing object-oriented network communication system

Keywords

modules; object-oriented methods; protocols; telecommunication computing; telecommunication networks; B-ISDN/ATM; ISO; Internet Reference Model; communication services; generic protocol functions blocks; modular architecture; modular network protocols; object-oriented architecture; object-oriented design; object-oriented network communication system; object-oriented network protocols; protocol design; reference model; service provision; Diversity reception; IP networks; ISDN; ISO; Object oriented modeling; Power system modeling; Programming profession; Protocols; Research and development; Software engineering;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

INFOCOM '97. Sixteenth Annual Joint Conference of the IEEE Computer and Communications Societies. Driving the Information Revolution., Proceedings IEEE

Conference_Location

Kobe

ISSN

0743-166X

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7780-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INFCOM.1997.631153

Filename

631153