Communication endpoint

{{Short description|Type of communication network node}}

A communication endpoint is a type of communication network node. It is an interface exposed by a communicating party or by a communication channel. An example of the latter type of a communication endpoint is a publish–subscribe topic{{cite conference |first = Ran | last=Tao |author2=Stefan Poslad |author3=John Bigham |title = Resilient Delay Sensitive Load Management in Environment Crisis Messaging Systems. |conference = International Conference on Systems and Networks Communications (ICSNC) | year = 2013 | pages = 6–11}} or a group in group communication systems.{{cite journal|last=Chockler |first= Gregory |author2=Idit Keidar |author2-link=Idit Keidar|author3=Roman Vitenberg |title = Group communication specifications: a comprehensive study |journal=ACM Computing Surveys | year= 2001 |volume=33|issue=4| pages = 427–469 |doi=10.1145/503112.503113|citeseerx= 10.1.1.29.2184 |s2cid= 1566731 }}