EP0584027A2
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Seamless peer-to-peer communications in a layered communications architecture
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1993-06-30
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2013-06-30
Abstract
Abstract An improvement in the Open Systems Interconnection model in which Service Access Points can be established directly between peer entities in the same layer of a protocol stack. This direct seamless peer-to-peer communication is vastly superior to the use of a higher level relay function to set up and manage the communications path. In particular, setup messages are exchanged between the peer entities and a higher layer to create the Service Access Point between the peer entities. The setup and management capabilities are contained in each of the peer entities and hence no relay function is required after the peer Service Access Point, substantially speeding up the communication and reducing the management overhead.
Inventors
- 👤 George Allen Deaton, Jr.
- 👤 David James Franse
- 👤 Vicki Gentry Horton
- 👤 Jeffrey James Lynch
- 👤 R. John Potok
- 👤 James Harold Ragsdale
- 👤 Charles Pierre Rheinart
- 👤 C. Eric Williford
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 15:22
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04L; H04L67/00; H04L67/14; H04L61/00; H04L61/45; H04L61/4505; H04L61/4517; H04L69/00; H04L69/30; H04L69/32; H04L69/322; H04L69/329; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S370/00; Y10S370/901; Y10S370/902; Y10S370/903
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
118 words
A data transmission system having a layered communications architecture in which a service user entity in one layer secures services from a service provider entity in an adjacent lower level layer by means of service access points through which information blocks are routed between said service user entity and said service provider entity, said system comprising a peer service access point for connecting any two peer entities in the same layer of said layered communications architecture for direct, seamless peer-to-peer communications of said information blocks between said any two entities, and means in each of said any two peer entities for setting up and maintaining communications between said any two peer entities via the peer service access point.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
21 words
The data transmission system according to claim 1 wherein said layered communications architecture conforms to the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
The data transmission system according to claim 1 wherein said layered communications architecture conforms to the Systems Network Architecture (SNA) model.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
The data transmission system according to claim 1 further comprising means for interchanging call setup messages between said any two peer entities.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
51 words
The data transmission system according to claim 1 further comprising a control block associated with each of said peer service access points for storing the identification of that peer service access point and for storing the identification of the two peer entities with which that peer service access point is associated.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
45 words
The data transmission system according to claim 1 wherein one of said two peer entities first requested to provide peer-to-peer communications services is designated as a service user entity and the other one of said two peer entities is designated as a service provider entity.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
124 words
In a data transmission system having a layered communications architecture in which a service user entity in one layer secures services from a service provider entity in an adjacent lower level layer by means of service access points through which information blocks are routed between said service user entity and said service provider entity, a method comprising the steps of establishing a peer service access point for connecting any two peer entities in the same layer of said layered communications architecture for direct, seamless peer-to-peer communications of said information blocks between said any two entities, and setting up and maintaining communications between said any two peer entities by means included in each of said any two peer entities via the peer service access point.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method according to claim 7 further including the step of conforming said layered communications architecture to the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method according to claim 7 further including the step of conforming said layered communications architecture to the Systems Network Architecture (SNA) model.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method according to claim 7 further including the step of interchanging call setup messages between said any two peer entities.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
52 words
The method according to claim 7 further including the step of associating a control block with each of said peer service access points for storing the identification of that peer service access point and for storing the identification of the two peer entities with which that peer service access point is associated.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
46 words
The method according to claim 7 further including the step of designating the one of said two peer entities first requested to provide peer-to-peer communications services as a service user entity and designating the other one of said two peer entities as a service provider entity.
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