Object-Oriented Design of an Embedded Communication Protocol in UML

This paper presents an object-oriented approach to describe an embedded communication protocol in UML. We build on top of existing work based on object-oriented patterns. We follow the belief that there should exist a generalized structure or pattern on which protocols should be formed. We feel that the system structure is of importance for promoting reuse. These protocol patterns would provide flexibility for the cost of additional complexity. This complexity could be later simplified for a flexibility tradeoff. We will describe our protocol pattern, and use it structure our protocol in our embedded communication system. Our ultimate goal is too look for a describe-and-synthesize technique for communication protocols.