Connection multiplexing has been deferred to after NIO, because of complexities with slow consumers. I am implementing some code to keep one idle connection open at all times to each node in the routing table; we can then only route over open connections, which make NGRouting easier.
On Fri, Jul 25, 2003 at 07:52:20PM +0100, Toad wrote: > On Fri, Jul 25, 2003 at 02:42:35AM +0100, Toad wrote: > > Various details have led us to the conclusion that NGRouting will not > > work effectively unless we implement connection multiplexing first. > > Proposal: > > > > New presentation protocol version representing MUXing mode. > > > > If we are in MUXing mode: > > > > 4 bytes - session identifier. Allocated by the sender, see below. > > > > 0 => message. Parse it, schedule it. > > != 0 => trailing field chunk. The number identifies which one, since > > we can have multiple trailing fields. > > Actually, a slight modification: > > 0 = message > 1 to MAXINT = trailing field chunk > -1 = padding > possibly -2 = data to send down to FnpLink layer e.g. IP address changes etc? > -3 to -MAXINT = reserved for future use. > > > > 2 bytes - length of chunk. Included on BOTH trailing chunks and > > messages - this makes accumulating and parsing easier. > > > > A message with a trailing field attached will contain an extra field > > indicating the session identifier, but the message will be sent as a > > message, and the trailing field will not start until the next chunk. > > > > > > We will of course implement back compatibility for the current protocol. > > > > Comments? > > -- > > Matthew J Toseland - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Freenet Project Official Codemonkey - http://freenetproject.org/ > > ICTHUS - Nothing is impossible. Our Boss says so. > > > > -- > Matthew J Toseland - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Freenet Project Official Codemonkey - http://freenetproject.org/ > ICTHUS - Nothing is impossible. Our Boss says so. -- Matthew J Toseland - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freenet Project Official Codemonkey - http://freenetproject.org/ ICTHUS - Nothing is impossible. Our Boss says so.
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