A resilient communication structure for local area networks

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A resilient communication structure for local area networks

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Applications, Technologies, Architectures, and Protocols for Computer Communication archive
Proceedings of the ninth symposium on Data communications table of contents

Whistler Moutain, British Columbia, Canada

Pages: 140 - 145

Year of Publication: 1985

ISBN:0-89791-164-4

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Authors

Amr El Abbadi
Thomas Rauchle

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SIGCOMM: ACM Special Interest Group on Data Communication

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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ABSTRACT

Reliable communication is crucial to the correct functioning of distributed systems. We propose a multi-ring communication structure and a reconfiguration algorithm that tolerate multiple link failures before the network divides into more than one partition. In case of partitioning, each partition is reconfigured to allow communication among the sites within the partition. The algorithm handles recovery of links and merges partitions once links become operational again. The algorithm itself is fault-tolerant, and it is fully distributed and does not require global knowledge about the status of the network at any one site.

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Primary Classification:
C. Computer Systems Organization
C.2 COMPUTER-COMMUNICATION NETWORKS