A Briefing on the Distributed Adaptive Message-Block Network
Expert InsightsPublished 1965
A description of the use in military communications of a distributed network in which each station is connected only to those nearest to it. The advantages and disadvantages of the distributed network configuration are discussed and problems involved in its construction described.
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- Copyright: RAND Corporation
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- Year: 1965
- Pages: 34
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.7249/pubs
- Document Number: P-3127
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Baran, Paul, A Briefing on the Distributed Adaptive Message-Block Network. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1965. https://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P3127.html.
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