I've been experimenting with being completely asynchronous (and working on being connection-less). The protocol layer just wraps up payloads and unpacks them.

I've been experimenting with being completely asynchronous (and working on being connection-less). The protocol layer just wraps up payloads and unpacks them. There is a background heartbeat and when the heartbeat is not met there is a notification that the heartbeat has not been met but the user is in charge of if this should be considered a disconnection. This is mostly inspired by how Oz does distribution. I don't have any good results yet, though.