In Memoriam: Norman Abramson
Anthony Kuh, Norman Abramson · IEEE Communications Magazine · 2021
It is with sadness we note the recent passing of Norman Abramson, a leading pioneer in wireless networking. He was the leader and inspiration behind the development of ALO-HAnet at the University of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM), which became operational in June 1971. ALOHAnet, or simply ALOHA, was the first successful deployment of a wireless data packet network1. The principles behind ALOHA had a far reaching impact in computer networking and the Internet.