Process migration and its influence on interprocess communication

Computer Communications

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 781-792

  Hughes, Larry ^a  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Distributed systems; Interprocess communication; Mobile computing; Process migration

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION); DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

INTERPROCESS COMMUNICATION; PROCESS MIGRATION;

DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032116977     PISSN: 01403664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-3664(98)00156-x     Document Type: Article

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