TY - JOUR
T1 - Distributed name assignment in computer networks
AU - Segall, Adrian
AU - Gopal, Inder S.
PY - 1989/7/10
Y1 - 1989/7/10
N2 - In this paper we consider the problem of dynamically assigning names to users or devices in a computer network. We present a distributed algorithm that permits a new user to select his own name and, through communication with a name-server node, to ensure that his name is unique throughout the network. The algorithm permits names to be assigned even in the presence of node or link failures as long as a majority of the name-server nodes remain within a single connected component.
AB - In this paper we consider the problem of dynamically assigning names to users or devices in a computer network. We present a distributed algorithm that permits a new user to select his own name and, through communication with a name-server node, to ensure that his name is unique throughout the network. The algorithm permits names to be assigned even in the presence of node or link failures as long as a majority of the name-server nodes remain within a single connected component.
KW - Directories
KW - Distributed Algorithms
KW - Name Assignment
KW - Naming
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0024700102&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/0169-7552(89)90005-6
DO - 10.1016/0169-7552(89)90005-6
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SN - 0169-7552
VL - 17
SP - 127
EP - 139
JO - Computer Networks and ISDN Systems
JF - Computer Networks and ISDN Systems
IS - 2
ER -