On Distributed Communications
I. Introduction to Distributed Communications Networks
One in a series of eleven Memoranda detailing the Distributed Adaptive Message Block Network, a proposed digital data communications system based on a distributed network concept. It introduces the system concept and outlines the requirements for and design considerations of such a system, especially in regard to implications for its use in the 1970s. In particular, the Memorandum is directed toward examining the use of redundancy as one means of building communications systems to withstand heavy enemy attacks.
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- Copyright: RAND Corporation
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- Document Number: RM-3420-PR
- Year: 1964
- Series: Research Memoranda
Contents
Preface HTML
Summary HTML
Foreword HTML
Acknowledgments HTML
Section One
Introduction HTML
Section Two
Examination of a Distributed Network HTML
Section Three
Diversity of Assignment HTML
Section Four
On a Future System Development HTML
Section Five
Where We Stand Today HTML
List of Publications in the Series HTML
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