Inter-Process Communication (IPC): Lecture 3

Question 1

Characteristics of IPC

Answer 1

1) Message passing between pairs of processes
2) Synchronous communication
3) Asynchronous communication
4) Message Destinations
5) Reliability and Ordering

Question 2

IPC Failure Models

Answer 2

1) Out-of-sender-order

2) doOperation timeout

Question 3

Problems of IPC

Answer 3

1) Duplicate Requests

2) Lost Reply Messages