© 1988 by British Computer Society
Short Note
Two Livelock-free Protocols for Slotted Rings
Department of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
A previously proposed livelock-free modification of the empty-slot protocol for slotted rings is reviewed, and a new livelock-free modification is described.
Received September 1987.
* Now at: IBM Zürich Research Laboratory, Säumerstrasse 4, 8803 Rüschlikon, Switzerland.
Department of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1