Research Unit in Networking
	Abstract

10 Years With OSI A. Danthine1 1 Research unit in Networking, EECS department, University of Liège, Belgium (1990) Abstract After a review of the basic concepts behind the OSI Reference Model, the paper shows the robustness of this model which has been able to absorb new technologies with minor modifications. The inflation of standards which followed the acceptance of the OSI RM was a real danger and the paper surveys the works of manufacturer's and user's associations, as well as standardisation bodies to achieve implementable protocol suites, known as profiles or functional standards. The possibility of revisiting the base standards is discussed as well as the possible aggregation of layers in profiles. The third part of the paper is devoted to the evaluation of what the OSI may offer as communication support to the distributed systems taking into account the requirements in terms of transparency, management and performance.

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