Protocol Network Modelling

A protocol network is a functional part of a logical network. A protocol network is defined in the D-dimension as a collaboration of protocol elements. Protocol elements communicate according to the rules of a protocol (PR1, PR2 and PR3 in Fig. 5.1). Seen over a physical network, all protocol elements that can communicate by a set of mutual agreed protocols belong to the same protocol network. For a protocol element to have an existence in the DC-plane of functional space, it must be allocated in a logical node that comprises a permanent integration function, generally modelled as an integrator unit, see the example in Fig. 5.1.