Global representation of local time measurements in transputer networks

A method for global representation of local time measurements in transputer networks is presented in this paper. The proposed algorithm basically uses the building of a directed connected tree on the transputer network graph. Generally this tree coincides with the network loading tree. The differences among the local readings are eliminated via the introduction of synchronizing processes for each ‘parent-child’ pair in this tree. The introduction of these additional processes does not influence the behavior of the program in general. An example at the end of the paper illustrates the proposed method.