Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency III (Paperback, 2009 ed.)

AccordingtoHolzmann 14], protocol speci?cationscomprise ?veelements: the service the protocol provides toits users; the set of messages that are exchanged between protocol entities; the format of each message; the rules governingm- sage exchange (procedures); and the assumptionsabout the environment in which the protocol is intended tooperate. In protocol standards documents, information related to the operatingenvironment isusually writteninformally andmayoccur in several di?erentplaces 37]. This informal speci?cation style canlead to misunderstandings andpossibly incompatible implementations. In contrast, executableformalmodelsrequireprecisespeci?cations oftheoperating environment. Ofparticularsigni?canceisthecommunicationmediumorchannel over which the protocol operates. Channelscan havedi?erent characteristics depending on the physical media (e. g. optical ?bre, copper, cable orunguided media (radio)) they employ. The characteristics also depend on the levelof the protocol inacomputer protocol architecture. Forexample, the link-leveloperates over a singlemedium, whereas the network, transport andapplication levelsmayoperate over a network, or network of networks such as the Internet, which couldemploy several di?erent physical media. Channels (such as satellite links) can be noisy resulting in bit errors in packets. To correct biterrors in packets, many importantprotocols (such the Internet's TransmissionControl Protocol 27]) use CyclicRedundancy Checks (CRCs) 28] to detect errors. On detectingan error, the receiver discards the packet andrelies on the sender to retransmit itforrecovery, known as Au- maticRepeatreQuest(ARQ) 28]. Thisisachievedbythereceiveracknowledging the receipt of good packets, andby the transmitter maintainingatimer. When the timer expires before an acknowledgementhasbeen received, the transmitter retransmits packets that havebeen sent but are as yet notacknowledged. It may also be possibleforpacketsto be lost due to routers in networks discarding packets when congested

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 5800
Release date:	November 2009
First published:	2009
Guest editors:	Jonathan Billington
Editors-in-chief:	Kurt Jensen
Guest editors:	Maciej Koutny
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	275
Edition:	2009 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-3-642-04854-8
Categories:	Books > Computing & IT > General theory of computing > Mathematical theory of computation Books > Computing & IT > Computer programming > Software engineering Books > Computing & IT > Applications of computing > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Mathematical foundations > General
LSN:	3-642-04854-4
Barcode:	9783642048548

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