Implementing Protocols in Java: The Price of Portability

As the number and variety of Web- and network-based applications continues to increase, so does the need for flexible communication protocols and services to support them. Traditionally, a major impediment to deployment of new protocols is the need to upgrade millions of end-systems with compatible implementations. At the same time, Java -- a language explicitly designed to support development and distribution of new applications via the Web -- is emerging as a (potentially) ubiquitous system platform.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1998
• Where: INFOCOM
• Authors: Bobby Krupczak, Mostafa H. Ammar, Kenneth L. Calvert
• Keywords: Communications, Flexible Communication Protocols, INFOCOM 1998, Major Impediment, Network-based Applications