Accession Number:

ADA081885

Title:

Interprocess Communication in Highly Distributed Systems - A Workshop Report - 20 to 22, November 1978.

Descriptive Note:

Final technical rept. 13 Nov 78-12 Aug 79,

Corporate Author:

GEORGIA INST OF TECH ATLANTA SCHOOL OF INFORMATION AND COMPUTER SCIENCE

Personal Author(s):

• Enslow,Philip H. , Jr.
• Gordon,Robert L.

Report Date:

1979-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

154.0

Abstract:

Interprocess Communication IPC has been recognized as a critical issue in the design and implementation of all modern operating systems. IPC policies and mechanisms are even more central in the design of highly distributed processing systems - systems exhibiting short-term dynamic changes in the availability of physical and logical resources as well as interconnection topology. A workshop on this subject was held at the Georgia Institute of Technology in November 1979. Four working groups, 1 Addressing, Naming, and Security, 2 Interprocess Synchronization, 3 Interprocess Mechanisms, and 4 Theory and Formalism, addressed the current state of the art in these areas as well as problems and future research directions. This report incorporates much of the material and working papers from those fields as well as selected references useful in understanding the topic. Author

Descriptors:

• *COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS
• *COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
• COMPUTER LOGIC
• FORMATS
• SYNCHRONISM
• MESSAGE PROCESSING
• WORKSHOPS
• SECURE COMMUNICATIONS
• FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTING
• ADDRESSING

Subject Categories:

• Computer Systems
• Non-Radio Communications

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE