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From: wan@idacom.cs.ubc.ca (Lawrence Wan)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.iso
Subject: references for protocol implementation
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Date: 15 Sep 89 21:35:55 GMT
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I am looking for some articles or papers in regard to OSI protocol implementation.
For example, the common way is to treat each layer (the OSI 7 layer model) as a process.
There is also suggestions to implement in a vertical slice (for example, the
implementation can be split into receive and transmit processes with each process 
handling all 7 layers' functions. I am particular interested in the various partitioning 
possibilities. I am also interested in the partitioning of functions, for example, most
implementation is consisted of a state machine with other utility programs such as
decoding and encoding. I would appreciate anyone who can point me to some helpful references.