BEEP

The Blocks Extensible Exchange Protocol (BEEP) is a framework for creating network application protocols. BEEP includes building blocks like framing, <a href="/facts/Pipeline_(computing)/xmHjrPMP">pipelining</a>, multiplexing, reporting and authentication for connection and message-oriented <a href="/facts/Peer-to-peer/wCCdPb0H">peer-to-peer</a> (P2P) protocols with support of asynchronous <a href="/facts/Duplex_(telecommunications)/LCULeVxr">full-duplex</a> communication.
Message syntax and semantics is defined with BEEP profiles associated to one or more BEEP channels, where each channel is a <a href="/facts/Duplex_(telecommunications)/LCULeVxr">full-duplex</a> <a href="/facts/Pipeline_(computing)/xmHjrPMP">pipe</a>. A framing-mechanism enables simultaneous and independent communication between peers.
BEEP is defined in <a href="/facts/RFC_(identifier)/esftTvE7">RFC</a> <a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3080">3080</a> independently from the underlying transport mechanism. The mapping of BEEP onto a particular transport service is defined in a separate series of documents.

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