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PBTS model: reference to arXiv algorithm on timely

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Daniel Cason 3 years ago
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@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ implicitly assumes that heights of consensus are executed in order.
PBTS introduces a `timely` predicate that restricts the allowed decisions based
on the proposal time `v.time` associated with a proposed value `v`.
As a synchronous predicate, the time at which it is evaluated impacts on
whether a process accepts of reject a value based on its proposal time.
whether a process accepts or reject a proposal time.
For this reason, the Time-Validity property refers to the previous evaluation
of the `timely` predicate, detailed in the following section.
@ -151,14 +151,18 @@ For PBTS, a `proposal` is a tuple `(v, v.time, v.round)`, where:
- `v.time` is the associated proposal time;
- `v.round` is the round at which `v` was first proposed.
We introduce this definition of proposal because a value `v` and its
associated proposal time `v.time` can be proposed in multiple rounds, but the
evaluation of the `timely` predicate is only relevant at round `v.round`.
> Considering the algorithm in the [arXiv paper][arXiv], a new proposal is
> produced by a proposer `p` when its `validValue_p` is unset.
> The produced proposal thus have `v.round = round_p` and it is broadcast in a
> Proposal message of with the `validRound` field set to `-1`.
> produced by the `getValue()` method, invoked by the proposer `p` of round
> `round_p` when its `validValue_p` is unset.
>
> The first round at which a value `v` is proposed is then the round `round_p`
> at which the proposer `p` broadcast a `PROPOSAL` message for `v` with
> `validRound_p == -1`.
We include the proposal round `v.round` in the proposal defintion becase a
value `v` and its associated proposal time `v.time` can be proposed in multiple
rounds, but the evaluation of the `timely` predicate is only relevant at round
`v.round`.
#### **[PBTS-PROPOSAL-RECEPTION.0]**
@ -166,9 +170,7 @@ The `timely` predicate is evaluated when a process receives a proposal.
More precisely, let `p` be a correct process:
- `receiveTime_p[r]` is the time `p` reads from its local clock when it
receives the proposal of round `r`.
Note that process must be in round `r` to receive a proposal of round `r`.
`p` is at round `r` and receives the proposal of round `r`.
#### **[PBTS-TIMELY.0]**
@ -179,6 +181,10 @@ The proposal `(v, v.time, v.round)` is considered `timely` by a correct process
1. `receiveTime_p[v.round] >= v.time - PRECISION`, and
1. `receiveTime_p[v.round] <= v.time + MSGDELAY + PRECISION`.
> Considering the algorithm in the [arXiv paper][arXiv], the `timely` predicate
> is evaluated by a process `p` when it receives a `PROPOSAL` message of its
> current round `round_p` with `validRound == -1`.
A correct process at round `v.round` only sends a `PREVOTE` for `v` if the
associated proposal time `v.time` is considered `timely`.


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