On Distributed Communications: VII. Tentative Engineering Specifications and Preliminary Design for a High-Data-Rate Distributed Network Switching Node
Paul Baran · RAND Corporation eBooks · 1964
The seventh in a series of 11 memoranda detailing the Distributed Adaptive Message Block Network, this volume considers the specifications of the proposed system's switching node. Timing calculations, together with a projected implementation scheme, provide a strong foundation for the belief that the construction and use of the node is practical.