Structuring principles of the communication architecture of open systems — A systematic approach

doi:10.1016/0376-5075(81)90015-5

Computer Networks (1976)

Volume 5, Issue 3, May 1981, Pages 157-166

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Abstract

The ISO Reference Model for the communication of Open Systems uses a variety of structuring elements, such as system, service, layer, and protocol without really defining them. Thus, readers of the Reference Model document who are not immediately involved in the international activities for standardizing this area frequently get the impression that this communication architecture is incidental and has evolved at random. It is shown that this is not so, but that the communication architecture has a very strong inner consistency. To do so, we explain the system of the structuring principles by means of which the communication architecture is derived.

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ISO/TC97/SC16/DP7498: Data Processing — Open Systems Interconnection — Basic Reference Model, January 1981
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Structuring principles of the communication architecture of open systems — A systematic approach

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ISO/TC97/SC16/DP7498: Data Processing — Open Systems Interconnection — Basic Reference Model, January 1981

Computer Networks