Snap-Stabilizing Linear Message Forwarding

Alain Cournier (1) , Swan Dubois (2) , Anissa Lamani (1) , Franck Petit (2) , Vincent Villain (1)

1 MIS - Modélisation, Information et Systèmes - UR UPJV 4290
2 Regal - Large-Scale Distributed Systems and Applications

In this paper, we present the first snap-stabilizing message forwarding protocol that uses a number of buffers per node being independent of any global parameter, that is 4 buffers per link. The protocol works on a linear chain of nodes, that is possibly an overlay on a large-scale and dynamic system, e.g., Peer-to-Peer systems, Grids, etc. Provided that the topology remains a linear chain and that nodes join and leave “neatly”, the protocol tolerates topology changes. We expect that this protocol will be the base to get similar results on more general topologies.

Domaines: Informatique [cs]

Alain Cournier, Swan Dubois, Anissa Lamani, Franck Petit, Vincent Villain. Snap-Stabilizing Linear Message Forwarding. 12th International Symposium Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems, SSS, Sep 2010, New York, NY, United States. pp.546-559, ⟨10.1007/978-3-642-16023-3_42⟩. ⟨hal-01293822⟩