Multiplex communications – Wide area network – Packet switching
Patent
1989-11-13
1993-03-02
Heckler, Thomas M.
Multiplex communications
Wide area network
Packet switching
370 941, 364DIG1, 3642293, 3642281, G06F 1338
Patent
active
051916525
ABSTRACT:
A multiprocessor system linked by a fiber optic ring network uses some of the bandwith of the ring network as a shared memory resource. Data slots are defined on the network which can carry message packets from one processor to another or network memory packets which circulate indefinitely on the network. One use of these network memory packets is as a lock management system for controlling concurrent access to a shared database by the multiple processors. The network memory packets are treated as lock entities. A processor indicates that it wants to procure a lock entity by circulating a packet, having a first network memory type, around the network. If no conflicting packets are detected when the circula ted packet returns, the type of the slot is changed to a second network memory type indicating a procured lock entity.
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Dias Daniel M.
Iyer Balakrishna R.
Heckler Thomas M.
International Business Machines - Corporation
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