NDLI: A configurable and extensible transport protocol

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Wong, G.T. Hiltunen, M.A. Schlichting, R.D.
Copyright Year	2001
Description	Author affiliation: Dept. of Comput. Sci., Arizona Univ., Tucson, AZ, USA (Wong, G.T.)
Abstract	The ability to configure transport protocols from collections of smaller software modules allows the characteristics of the protocol to be customized for a specific application or network technology. This paper describes an approach to building such customized protocols using Cactus, a system in which micro-protocols implementing individual attributes of transport can be combined into a composite protocol that realizes the desired overall functionality. In contrast with similar systems, Cactus supports non-hierarchical module composition and event-driven execution, both of which increase flexibility and allow finer-grain modules implementing orthogonal properties. To illustrate this approach, the design and implementation of a configurable transport protocol called CTP is presented. CTP allows customization of a number of properties including reliable transmission, congestion detection and control, jitter control, and message ordering. This suite of micro-protocols has been implemented using Cactus/C 2.0 on Red Hat Linux 6.2, with initial experimental results indicating that the ability to target the guarantees more precisely to the needs of applications can in fact result in better performance.
Sponsorship	IEEE Comput. Soc. IEEE Commun. Soc
Starting Page	319
Ending Page	328
File Size	191592
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0780370163
ISSN	0743166X
DOI	10.1109/INFCOM.2001.916714
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2001-04-22
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Transport protocols Linux Prototypes Computer science Application software Jitter Wireless networks Standards development Bandwidth Streaming media
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Computer Science Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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