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<concept id="GUID-B7A40638-BA80-5175-B23D-2F3964C274A0" xml:lang="en"><title>Goals |
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of the Comms Architecture</title><shortdesc>This topic describes the goals of the Symbian platform Comms Architecture |
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and summarises how the architecture addresses these goals. </shortdesc><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody> |
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<p>The Symbian platform Comms Architecture is also known by other terms such |
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as the <i>Three-Plane Comms Architecture</i> and <i>Freeway</i>. The Comms |
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Architecture provides several framework components for generic functionality |
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and a number of plug-in modules which plug into this framework to implement |
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the comms protocols. </p> |
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<p>The small number of components that make up the framework itself are referred |
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to as "Comms Framework" components while the plug-in modules themselves are |
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known as "Nodes" which are arranged in "Layers" within the framework. Many |
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of the Nodes are supplied as part of Symbian platform but their plug-in nature |
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allows some of these to be replaced with tailored modules by a device-manufacturer. </p> |
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<p>The Comms Architecture has several goals: </p> |
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<ul> |
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<li id="GUID-72B9693A-E2D1-560D-B640-092019245F63"><p> <xref href="GUID-B7A40638-BA80-5175-B23D-2F3964C274A0.dita#GUID-B7A40638-BA80-5175-B23D-2F3964C274A0/GUID-D7936ACA-491A-545F-98CB-002F789A276A">Separation of Data and Control functions</xref> </p> </li> |
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<li id="GUID-F0A5DBBF-7516-54E3-8FB0-B3A2D3DC3891"><p> <xref href="GUID-B7A40638-BA80-5175-B23D-2F3964C274A0.dita#GUID-B7A40638-BA80-5175-B23D-2F3964C274A0/GUID-CD056265-7468-557A-A6F6-85B13E63A238">Flexibility</xref> </p> <ul> |
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<li id="GUID-BFC6D0A0-1650-592E-91C1-48E32A4E634F"><p>no limitations in the |
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creation of individual stacks from the available protocols </p> </li> |
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<li id="GUID-B8E890D7-3CA9-5764-BED5-6A4632C0B998"><p>streamline the addition |
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of new protocols </p> </li> |
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<li id="GUID-723FCD21-A8A5-577F-BF8B-25462955DD3D"><p>support for switching |
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between protocols depending on the current network availability </p> </li> |
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</ul> </li> |
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<li id="GUID-BEC4C7CB-307A-53AE-B648-C804E2C4CC83"><p>Improving <xref href="GUID-B7A40638-BA80-5175-B23D-2F3964C274A0.dita#GUID-B7A40638-BA80-5175-B23D-2F3964C274A0/GUID-1BAC904D-F705-5416-A0F6-3D5FA3B10A7E">performance</xref> so that high-priority data transfers are not interrupted |
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by lower-priority tasks. </p> </li> |
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<p>Other requirements on the Architecture include the need to remain efficient |
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in the use of ROM, RAM and processor resources, and to provide a high level |
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of reliability. </p> |
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<section id="GUID-D7936ACA-491A-545F-98CB-002F789A276A"><title>Separation |
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of Data and Control functions</title> <p>By separating the code for the data |
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flow and the control functions, it is possible to have each in a separate |
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thread or even each in a separate process. This allows appropriate resources |
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to be allocated and priority to be assigned to support Quality of Service, |
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prioritisation of time-critical data flows and optimised plug-ins for specific |
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protocols. </p> <p>Communication between the data and control threads, and |
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between the layers is performed by an asynchronous messaging system known |
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as the <i>Transport</i>. </p> <fig id="GUID-5467DE40-01FB-5D50-BB6D-866D5C425ADA"> |
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<title> Separation of Data Flows and Control in the Comms Architecture |
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<image href="GUID-69847989-624F-5119-8AC0-3D95D72AF076_d0e76088_href.png" placement="inline"/> |
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</fig> <p>In fact the Comms Architecture actually divides the area marked |
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Control above into two areas, <i>Control</i> and <i>Management</i>. This is |
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the reason that this Comms Architecture is also known as the <i>Three-Plane |
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Architecture</i>. In future diagrams there will be three <i>Planes</i>: Data |
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Flow, Control, and Management. The Control Plane is often shown divided in |
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half to indicate that the Control Plane handles both Connections and data |
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channels within a Connection. This is described in more detail in <xref href="GUID-F43A54C0-E82B-5790-8493-1372D214C642.dita">Planes</xref>. </p> </section> |
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<section id="GUID-CD056265-7468-557A-A6F6-85B13E63A238"><title>Flexibility </title> <p>The |
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Comms Architecture uses the concept of multiple stacks of technologies, from |
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high level technologies such as FTP down to lower level technologies (link |
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layer technologies) running on GPRS or Wi-Fi. An individual <i>Stack</i> is |
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a set of technologies which make up a communication path. A Stack in this |
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context is a single list of technologies from the application to the physical |
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hardware. An example of such a Stack is: HTTP over TCP over IP over GPRS, |
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which might be used in web browsing via a subscriber's mobile network. The |
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layered architecture allows both flexibility in the configuration of these |
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Stacks, as well as dynamic reconfiguration of the Stacks in response to changes |
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in the environment of the device (for example moving from a Wi-Fi to a 3G |
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environment). The link-layer technologies are known as <i>Bearers</i> and |
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the ability to switch a Data Flow from one bearer to another is called <i>Bearer |
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Mobility</i>. But it is possible to have the ability to switch from one technology |
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to another at any level in the stack providing full mobility. </p> <fig id="GUID-BE9C7C7A-DD4C-5199-81C1-E8856BA48AD6"> |
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<title> Example of several potential stacks of protocols reusing |
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the same protocols. </title> |
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combination of these Stacks could be running concurrently. </p> </desc> |
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find and work with each other; the protocols themselves need to know how to |
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talk with the other protocols. To allow flexibility, each protocol must avoid |
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making assumptions about the protocols below or above it, and instead rely |
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on the framework and device configuration. The framework ensures that each |
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protocol is created and appropriately configured when required, and is attached |
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to the protocols above and below it. </p> <p>The advent of multiple wireless |
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technologies has allowed a device to switch between protocols depending on |
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what is available. This is known as Freeway, and an example would be for a |
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browser to switch from Wi-Fi to GPRS when a mobile device goes out of range |
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of a Wi-Fi hotspot but is in range of a GPRS signal. The Comms Architecture |
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provides for this by allowing such transitions to be defined on the device |
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as part of the definition of the possible combinations of protocols that could |
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make up the various Stacks. </p> <p>The figure below illustrates the scope |
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of the Comms Architecture in Symbian platform from the point of view of an |
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end-to-end connection. </p> <fig id="GUID-8DFF2EAE-21F7-5119-88E7-19BF2076A76F"> |
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<title> The Comms Architecture shown in the scope of a complete |
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protocol stack and the end-to-end path between the applications |
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on each device. </title> |
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<image href="GUID-26399981-1E45-5578-851E-D234295F3B05_d0e76153_href.png" placement="inline"/> |
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</fig> </section> |
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<section id="GUID-1BAC904D-F705-5416-A0F6-3D5FA3B10A7E"><title>Performance</title> <p>A |
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key requirement of the Comms Architecture is the performance of data transfer. |
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The data transfer performance can be measured in three different ways: </p> <ul> |
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<li id="GUID-02E93F2D-E249-516C-98B2-AFB9A22CCEF4"><p> <b>Throughput</b> - |
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the amount of data transferred measured against time </p> </li> |
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<li id="GUID-73E3B61E-C731-5BFC-9E5D-01C50FC94344"><p> <b>Latency</b> - the |
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amount of time it takes a single element of data to move from one end of the |
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communication route to the other </p> </li> |
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<li id="GUID-0C8AE3B7-C9BC-56C7-9372-99657EF64E79"><p> <b>Jitter</b> - the |
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unwanted variance in the potential delay for each item of data sent, which |
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in turn causes data to arrive in the wrong order or for unacceptably-long |
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pauses in the data stream . </p> </li> |
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</ul> <p>The Comms Architecture addresses these needs by separating all control |
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and data tasks. The control tasks are those that are involved with the creation |
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and management of the data connections, but which are not directly involved |
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with the transfer of data itself. The data tasks are those involved directly |
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with the transfer of data. The control tasks are deemed as lower priority |
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than the data tasks, and thus the data tasks are always run in preference |
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to the control tasks. For example, if an application requests a new connection, |
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the creation of this connection will not interrupt any existing data transfer |
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operations. </p> <p>The Comms Architecture also improves the handling of Quality |
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of Service resource reservation by structuring the framework around the concept |
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of channels, with the framework then able to specify the Quality of Service |
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parameters per channel. </p> </section> |
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