| 摘要 |
AN EXTENSIBLE DATA STRUCTURE FOR MESSAGES IN A PEER NAME RESOLUTION PROTOCOL IS PRESENTED.THIS MESSAGES DATA STRUCTURE UTILIZES A NUMBER OF FIELDS, EACH CONTAINING A MESSAGES ELEMENT.PREFERABLY,THE FIRST FIELD IS THE MESSAGES HEADER THAT INCLUDES PROTOCOL INFORMATION AND INDENTIFIES THE TYPE OF MESSAGE.EACH MESSAGE ELEMENT CONTAINS A NUMBER OF FIELDS.THESE MESSAGE ELEMENT FIELDS INCLUDES A TYPE FIELD,A LENGTH FIELD,AND THE CONTENT OR PAYLOAD OF THE MESSEGE ELEMENT.IN ONE EMBODIMENT,AT LEAST TEN MESSAGES ARE FORMED FOR PROPER OPERATION OF A PEER TO PEER NAME RESOLUTION PROTOCOL (PNRP), INCLUDING RESOLVE,RESPONSE,SOLICIT,ADVERTISE,REQUEST,FLOOD,INQUIRE,AUTHORITY,ACK, AND REPAIR MESSAGES.
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