THE ALOHA SYSTEM - ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE FOR COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS

Abstract

In September 1968 the University of Hawaii began work on a research program to investigate the use of radio communications for computer-computer and console-computer links. The report describes a remote-access computer system - THE ALOHA SYSTEM - under development as part of that research program and discusses some advantages of radio communications over conventional wire communications for interactive users of a large computer system. An analysis of the random access communication method used in THE ALOHA SYSTEM is provided and it is shown that the maximum number of interactive users who can be supported by the system is about 160.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0707853

Entities

People

  • Norman Abramson

Organizations

  • University of HawaiĘ»i System

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Communication Channels
  • Communication Equipment
  • Communication Systems
  • Computer Communications
  • Computers
  • Data Rate
  • Data Transmission
  • Digital Communications
  • Information Processing
  • Multiplexing
  • Radio Communications
  • Universities
  • Voice Communications

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Radio communications and signal processing.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.