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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1993
Mary B Crisman, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
James C Daly, Millbrook, NY (US);
Arthur M Day, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Charles W Gainey, Jr, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Paul G Greenstein, Fishkill, NY (US);
Duane C Hughes, LaGrange, NY (US);
John T Rodell, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Kathleen M Walsh, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A dynamic capability exchange mechanism permits two processing entities to notify each other of initial properties, or processing capabilities, as well as subsequent changes to those properties or capabilities. Before requesting a service, or function, of the other entity, one entity consults a mutual characteristic field (constructed from the current properties, or characteristics) to determine if the service, or function, is jointly available. A transport layer, acting as the communication mechanism between the two entities, provides for bidirectional communications between entities including a Control Program and a Service Call Logical Processor. The transport layer provides multiplexing, priority, failure, pacing, and buffer spanning support.