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A session layer for the X.400 message handling system

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Main Author: Van der Westhuizen, Eugene Daniel
Other Authors: Ventura, M J E
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Department of Electrical Engineering 2016
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spelling oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/18228 A session layer for the X.400 message handling system Van der Westhuizen, Eugene Daniel Ventura, M J E Electrical Engineering Telecommunication systems Electronic mail systems Facsimile transmission Teletype Data transmission systems Bibliography: pages 233-235. The CCITT X.400 Message Handling System resides in the Application Layer of the seven-layer Reference Model for Open Systems Interconnection. It bypasses the services of the Presentation Layer completely to interact directly with the Session Layer. The objectives of this thesis are to show how the general Session Layer may be tailored to be minimally conformant to the requirements of X. 400; to produce a formal specification of this session layer; and to show how this session layer may be implemented on a real system. The session services required by X. 400 are those of the Halfduplex, Minor Synchronization, Exceptions and Activity Management functional units of the CCITT X.215 Session Service Definition. These services, and particularly their use by X.400, are described in detail. State tables describing these services are derived from the general session service state tables. Those elements of the CCITT X. 225 Session Protocol Specification which are required to provide only those services required by X. 400 are described in detail. State tables describing this session protocol are derived from the general session protocol state tables. A formal specification of the session layer for X.400 is presented using the Formal Description Technique Estelle. This specification includes a complete session entity, which characterizes the entire session layer for X.400. A session entity for supporting X.400 is partially implemented and interfaced to an existing X.400 product on a real system. Only the Session Connection Establishment Phase of the session protocol is implemented to illustrate the technique whereby the entire session protocol may be implemented. This implementation uses the C programming language in the UNIX operating system environment. 2016-03-28T14:23:01Z 2016-03-28T14:23:01Z 1990 Master Thesis Masters MSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18228 eng application/pdf Department of Electrical Engineering Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment University of Cape Town
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Telecommunication systems
Electronic mail systems
Facsimile transmission
Teletype
Data transmission systems
Van der Westhuizen, Eugene Daniel
A session layer for the X.400 message handling system
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title A session layer for the X.400 message handling system
title_full A session layer for the X.400 message handling system
title_fullStr A session layer for the X.400 message handling system
title_full_unstemmed A session layer for the X.400 message handling system
title_short A session layer for the X.400 message handling system
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topic Electrical Engineering
Telecommunication systems
Electronic mail systems
Facsimile transmission
Teletype
Data transmission systems
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