connection

Kind:	Marker
Also See:	network, device

Marker tag for a logical network connection between two devices using a specific communications protocol.

From: Networks | Connections

Device-to-device communication is modeled using a connection with the following tags:

• connection: marker tag
• protocol: string enumeration communications protocol
• device1Ref: first device end point
• device2Ref: second device end point
• networkRef: network used for the communication

As a general principle if a device sits "higher" in the network architecture, then it should be tagged with device1Ref. For example given a connection between a server and area controller, then the server should be device1Ref and and the area controller should be device2Ref. In peer-to-peer networking, this distinction should not matter.