The control data loosely coupled network lower level protocols
William C. Hohn · 1980
The Control Data Loosely Coupled Network (LCN) provides a form of two-party cooperative communications, similar to that described by Enslow (1). Put another way, LCN acts as an agent for Multi-Mainframing and distributed processing by providing a means for interconnection of, and information exchange amongst, a collection of mainframes or mainframes and peripherals (all referred to as "hosts" in the remainder of this paper).