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A Step Towards a New Generation of Group Communication Systems

Year: 2003

Type: article

Abstract: . In this paper, we propose a new architecture for group communication middleware. Current group communication systems share some common features, despite the big differences that exist among them. We first point out these common features by describing the most representative group communication architectures implemented over the last 15 years. Then we show the features of our new architecture, which provide several advantages over the existing architectures: (1) it is less complex, (2) it defines a set of group communication abstractions that is more consistent than the abstractions usually provided, and (3) it can be made more responsive in case of failures. Keywords: Group communication, system architecture, fault-tolerance, replication.

Authors: Sergio Mena, Andre Schiper, Pawel Wojciechowski

Institutions: École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, University of Lausanne

Language: English

Topic: Distributed systems and fault tolerance

Subfield: Computer Networks and Communications

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1779307959

FWCI: 11.15

Cites: 34

Cited by: 49

Related to: 10