Internet Protocol, DARPA Internet Program Protocol Specification.

Abstract

The Internet Protocol is designed for use in interconnected systems of packet-switched computer communication networks. Such a system has been called a catenet 1. The internet protocol provides for transmitting blocks of data called datagrams from sources to destinations, where sources and destinations are hosts identified by fixed length addresses. The internet protocol also provides for fragmentation and reassembly of long datagrams, if necessary, for transmission through small packet networks.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA123202

Entities

Organizations

  • University of Southern California

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Communication Networks
  • Computer Communications
  • Computer Networks
  • Computers
  • Fragmentation
  • Internet
  • Network Protocols
  • Networks
  • Specifications
  • Transmitting

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Networking