gtpc1m0c | Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol |
As more and more applications are added to networks, we must consider customer requirements regarding these applications. The TPF implementation of Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) meets customers requirements in the following areas:
TCP/IP support provides a set of ISO-C functions, called socket APIs, that TPF applications use to access the Internet to take advantage of TCP/IP.
TCP/IP allows communication between IBM systems or non-IBM systems on the same computer network or on other computer networks. TCP/IP is not vendor-specific and can be implemented on everything from the smallest personal computer to the largest mainframe.
User-written ISO-C socket applications can run in the TPF system to provide access to TPF data. These socket applications can be a client, a server, or both depending on whether they request or provide a service.
By using the transport and network interfaces in the offload device or IP router, the TPF system can receive and send data from remote socket applications.
TCP/IP follows industry standards for all the socket ISO-C application programming interface (API) functions. This allows the porting of any application program that follows the industry standard for using socket interfaces.