Root Contention in IEEE 1394

  • Authors:
  • Mariëlle Stoelinga;Frits W. Vaandrager

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-

  • Venue:
  • ARTS '99 Proceedings of the 5th International AMAST Workshop on Formal Methods for Real-Time and Probabilistic Systems
  • Year:
  • 1999

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Abstract

The model of probabilistic I/O automata of Segala and Lynch is used for the formal specification and analysis of the root contention protocol from the physical layer of the IEEE 1394 ("FireWire") standard. In our model of the protocol both randomization and real-time play an essential role. In order to make our verification easier to understand we introduce several intermediate automata in between the implementation and the specification automaton. This allows us to use very simple notions of refinement rather than the more general but also very complex simulation relations which have been proposed by Segala and Lynch.