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D Multiplexed Buffer Script

-- Multiplexed buffers, version for fdr.1.1   -- Bill Roscoe
-- Modified for fdr.1.2 10/8/92 Dave Jackson

-- The idea of this example is to multplex a number of buffers down a
-- pair of channels.  They can all be in one direction, or there might be
-- some both ways.  The techniques demonstrated here work for all
-- numbers of buffers, and any types for transmission.  The number of states
-- in the system can be easily increased to any desired size by increasing
-- either the number of buffers, or the size of the transmitted type.
datatype Tag  = t1 | t2 | t3
datatype Data = d1 | d2

channel left, right : Tag.Data
channel snd_mess, rcv_mess : Tag.Data
channel snd_ack, rcv_ack   : Tag
channel mess : Tag.Data
channel ack  : Tag

-- The following four processes form the core of the system
--
--
--    --> SndMess -->  ...........   --> RcvMess -->
--                
--    <-- RcvAck  <--  ...........   <-- SndAck  <--
--
-- SndMess and RcvMess send and receive tagged messages, while
-- SndAck and RcvAck send and receive acknowledgements.  
SndMess = [] i:Tag @ (snd_mess.i ? x -> mess ! i.x -> SndMess)

RcvMess = mess ? i.x -> rcv_mess.i ! x -> RcvMess

SndAck = [] i:Tag @ snd_ack.i  -> ack ! i -> SndAck

RcvAck = ack ? i -> rcv_ack.i -> RcvAck 

-- These four processes communicate with equal numbers of transmitters (Tx)
-- and receivers (Rx), which in turn provide the interface with the
-- environment.
Tx(i) = left.i ? x -> snd_mess.i ! x -> rcv_ack.i -> Tx(i)

Rx(i) = rcv_mess.i ? x -> right.i ! x -> snd_ack.i -> Rx(i)

FaultyRx(i) = rcv_mess.i ? x -> right.i ! x ->(FaultyRx(i)
                                              |~| snd_ack.i -> FaultyRx(i))

-- Txs is the collection of transmitters working independently
Txs = ||| i:Tag @ Tx(i)

-- LHS is just everything concerned with transmission combined, with
-- internal communication hidden.
LHS = (Txs [|{|snd_mess, rcv_ack|}|](SndMess ||| RcvAck))\{|snd_mess, rcv_ack|}

-- The receiving side is built in a similar way.
Rxs = ||| i:Tag @ Rx(i)

FaultyRxs = Rx(t1) ||| Rx(t2) ||| FaultyRx(t3)
      
RHS = (Rxs [|{|rcv_mess, snd_ack|}|]
                  (RcvMess ||| SndAck))\{|rcv_mess, snd_ack|}

FaultyRHS = (FaultyRxs [|{|rcv_mess, snd_ack|}|]
                        (RcvMess ||| SndAck))\{|rcv_mess, snd_ack|}

-- Finally we put it all together, and hide internal communication 
System = (LHS [|{|mess, ack|}|] RHS)\{|mess,ack|}

FaultySystem = (LHS [|{|mess, ack|}|] FaultyRHS)\{|mess, ack|}

-- The specification is just the parallel composition of several one-place
-- buffers.
Copy(i) = left.i ? x -> right.i ! x -> Copy(i)

Spec = ||| i:Tag @ Copy(i) 

-- Correctness of the system is asserted by  Spec [FD= System.
assert Spec [FD= System

-- If the multiplexer is being used as part of a larger system, then
-- it would make a lot of sense to prove that it meets its specification
-- and then use its specification in its stead in higher-level system
-- descriptions.  This applies even if the higher-level system does not
-- break up into smaller components, since the state-space of the
-- specification is significantly smaller than that of the multiplexer,
-- which will make the verification of a large system quicker.  It is
-- even more true if the channels of the multiplexer are used independently,
-- in other words if each external channel of the multiplexer is connected
-- to a different user, and the users do not interact otherwise,
-- for it would then be sufficient to prove that each of the separate
-- pairs of processes interacting via our multiplexer are correct relative
-- to its own specification, with a simple one-place buffer between them.

-- For we would have proved the equivalence, by the correctness of the
-- multiplexer, of our system with a set of three-process independent ones.


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