Packet Communication

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Abstract:

Experience with, analysis of, and exposition on contemporary computer communication networks, including particularly the ARPA Computer Network and the ALOHA System, are combined and presented to expose the unifying influence of packet-switching in the application of computers in communication systems and in the organization of distributed computing systems.

Author(s):
Metcalfe, Robert M.
Author Organization(s):
MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH CAMBRIDGE PROJECT MAC
Descriptive Note:
Interim scientific rept.
Supplementary Note:
Doctoral thesis
Pagination:
0244

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited.

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
MAC-TR-114
Contract/Grant Number(s):
N00014-70-A-0362-0006, ARPA ORDER-2095
Monitor Series:
DARPA
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_4.7.2_Installation Services; JCA_4.7_Base and Installations Support; JCA_2.1_Planning and Direction; JCA_5.3.3_Develop Strategy; JCA_2.1.2_Develop Strategies; JCA_1.2.3_Educating; JCA_2.1.4_Evaluation; JCA_4.3_Maintain; JCA_1.3.2_Personnel Management; JCA_5.2.2_Develop Knowledge and Situational Awareness; JCA_5.2_Understand; JCA_1.2.7_Experimentation; JCA_1.2.5_Lessons Learned; JCA_5.4_Decide; JCA_1.2.6_Concepts
Modernization Areas:
Space; Microelectronics
Communities of Interest:
Space
Descriptor(s):
*COMMUNICATION SATELLITES, *COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS, *DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS, DIGITAL SYSTEMS, MULTIPLE OPERATION, NETWORKS, PULSE COMMUNICATIONS, RADIO BROADCASTING, RADIO RELAY SYSTEMS, TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING
Field(s)/Group(s):
Computer Hardware, Computer Systems, Radio Communications
Keyword(s):
*Computer networks, ARPA computer network, ALOHA system, MAC project, Packet switched communications systems
Report Date:
1973 Dec 01