Accession Number:

ADA089839

Title:

Data Communication Networks and Information Theory

Descriptive Note:

Technical paper

Corporate Author:

MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH CAMBRIDGE LAB FOR INFORMATION AND DECISION SYSTEMS

Personal Author(s):

• Humblet, Pierre A.

Report Date:

1980-09-01

Pagination or Media Count:

8.0

Abstract:

Some contributions of Information Theory to the study of data communication networks are outlined, with special attention given to the problem of efficient message addressing and to the capacity of Aloha-like multiple access channels with infinite number of sources.

Descriptors:

• *COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
• *INFORMATION THEORY
• *MESSAGE PROCESSING
• ADDRESSING
• ALGORITHMS
• BURST TRANSMISSION
• COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS
• DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
• PACKETS
• POISSON EQUATION

Subject Categories:

• Cybernetics
• Non-Radio Communications

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE