Out-of-Band Control Signals in a Host-to-Host Protocol
Lawrence L. Garlick · 1976
Out-of-Band Control Signals in a Host-to-Host Protocol This note addresses the problem of implementing a reliable out-of-band signal for use in a host-to-host protocol.It is motivated by the fact that such a satisfactory mechanism does not exist in the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) of Cerf et.al. [reference 4, 6] In addition to discussing some requirements for such an out-of-band signal (interrupts) and the implications for the implementation of the requirements, a discussion of the problem for the TCP case will be presented.