Integrated Digital Networks.

Abstract

The basic problem described in this document is that of transmitting mixtures of traffic of disparate types over a variety of communication networks. Typical examples include the transmission of interactive data, long streams of data (e.g., file transfers), voice, video, and facsimile in an integrated fashion. Network types include local area networks, metropolitan area networks, large geographically-dispersed terrestrial networks, and satellite networks. Ongoing standards work in the C CITT, supported by telephone administrations worldwide, has focused on the concept of Integrated Services Digital Networks (ISDN) toward which worldwide telecommunications will be moving. Computer manufacturers with a great deal of interest in communications (IBM is a prominent example) have begun to devote considerable effort as well to the concept of traffic integration over networks. Additional keywords: multiplexing; satellite communications; packet communications.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 19, 1984
Accession Number
ADA150605

Entities

Organizations

  • Columbia University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Communication Networks
  • Communication Systems
  • Computer Communications
  • Computer Networks
  • Data Links
  • Equations
  • Hypervelocity Flow
  • Information Science
  • Local Area Networks
  • Multiple Access
  • Multiplexing
  • Networks
  • Packet Switching
  • Probability
  • Satellite Communications
  • Satellite Networks

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Economics
  • Tactical Satellite Communications Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Space