Report
On Distributed Communications: Summary Overview
Jan 1, 1964
VII. Tentative Engineering Specifications and Preliminary Design for a High-Data-Rate Distributed Network Switching Node
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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 considers the engineering specifications of the proposed system's switching node. It is felt that a small, unmanned switching node (yet having higher throughput rates than current large installations occupying thousands of square feet and requiring many people to maintain operations) can be built. The network proposal revolves around the feasibility of using this small, unmanned switching node.
Preface HTML
Summary HTML
Acknowledgments HTML
Figures
Tables
Part One
General Specifications HTML
Chapter A
Purpose
Chapter B
Construction
Chapter C
Number of Connecting Links
Chapter D
Major Elements
Chapter E
Failure Propagation
Chapter F
Cryptographic Provisions
Chapter G
Reliability
Chapter H
Servicing Provisions
Chapter I
Error Rate
Chapter J
Link and Link Unit Specification
Part Two
Implementation Proposal
Chapter One
Detailed Flow Charts HTML
Chapter Two
Central Processor Description HTML
Chapter Three
Internode Timing Considerations HTML
Chapter Four
Hardware HTML
List of Publications in the Series HTML
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