The papers collected here address problems connected with the networking of information systems. This is the mainstream of current development activities by computer professionals working in practical data processing. It is also a hot topic in the development laboratories of manufacturers and software houses, as well as in universities and research institutes. There are two areas where the INDC-92 conference program is believed to be especially strong: open distributed systems and high-speed networking. Corporate information technology architectures are covered in several papers and some excellent contributions are related to protocol engineering. There is a balance between submitted papers, deep and specific, and invited reports covering various information networking and data communication application areas.
Open Distributed Systems. An Object-Oriented Architecture for
Distributed Systems (R.M. Soley). Trader Interaction Models and
Infrastructure Implications (K. Geihs). An Architecture Supporting Dynamic
Configuration of Distributed, Mixed-Language Applications (J. Becher).
Implementation of Access Control in an X.500 Environment (X. Zhang et al.).
High Speed Networking. . Myths about Congestion Management in High Speed
Networks (R. Jain). Distributed Multimedia Applications and Wireless and
High-Speed Networking in MultiG (B. Pehrson). ISDN and B-ISDN: From Basic
Technology to Applications (A.T. Kundig). High Speed Protocols: State of the
Art in Multimedia Applications (W. Tawbi et al.). Some Aspects of the
Adaption of Services to an ATM Network (A.J. Casaca, M.S. Nunes). Protocol
Engineering. A Protocol Development Environment Based on Estelle (R. Fodisch
et al.). Performance Characteristics of Portable ISO/OSI Protocol
Implementations (M. Lahti, J. Malka). Test Case Generation for Transport
Protocols (S.V. Raghavan et al.). Advanced Software Technology for Protocol
Engineering (G. Csopaki). Object-Oriented Implementation of Telecommunication
Software Using the OTSO Environment (J. Koivisto et al.). Simulation Support
for the OTSO Environment (J. Harju et al.). Communications Systems
Technology. Current Trends in Mobile Communication (H. Ahava). Computer
Networking in the Baltic States and in the Soviet Union (A. Work). Networking
Applications. Library Networking in the Finnish Academic Libraries (J.
Hakala). NORDUNET, University Network in the Nordic Countries (L. Backstrom).
Distribution Networks in the Travel Industry (H. Alvgren). A Redefinition of
the Telecommunications Enterprise (H. Palsson). TeleGuide: A New Electronic
Marketing and Distribution Channel in Sweden (V. Gjerstad). TELMO: Open
Telematic Services Network in Finland (R. Nevalainen). Techniques for
Distributed Systems. A Graphical User Interface for a Value Added Network (M.
Hallivuori et al.). Migration, Caching and Replication in Distributed
Object-Oriented Systems: An Integrated Framework (A. Schill). A Tutorial on
Intelligent and Integrated Management of an Electronic Messaging Network (R.
Ananthanpillai). Providing Low Cost Read Access to Replicated Data with
Multi-Level Voting (B. Freisleben et al.). An ISO/OSI Based Approach for
Modeling Heterogeneous Networks (B. Schott et al.). Analysis of Network
Protocols. Sensitivity Analysis of the Load on an Ethernet Network (J. van
Oorschot, A. Dekkers). Optimisation of Transport Protocols for High-Speed (T.
Wahl, M. Salmony). Protocol Architectures and Migration Strategies: Concepts,
Example and Implementation (E. Mannie, B. Sales). FDDI Performance:
Measurements and Experiences of the FDDI Network at Technical University
Aachen (P. Davids et al.). Networking Strategies. Security Arrangements in a
Large Banking Network (K. Oksanen). Information Security in Open Systems (A.
Karila).
