Functional Summary of the DARPA SURAP1 Network
Abstract
The Survivable Radio Networks (SURAN) program was established in 1983, under the sponsorship of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), for the research and development of survivable network management and data transport protocols for large-scale packet radio networks (PRNET). The technology for the SURAN program is based on the earlier packet radio (PR) research and development program that was initiated by DARPA in 1973 to investigate the feasibility of using packet-switched, store-and-forward radio communications to provide reliable mobile computer communications. The SURAN program is of an incremental, evolutionary nature. Successive versions of the Survivable Radio Protocol (SURAP) will be more sophisticated and provide additional functionality. This paper, describes the functionality of the first version of the SURAN network - SURAP1. We present the physical components, features and size of the SURAP1 network, and describe briefly how data are forwarded through the network. The paper concludes by highlighting some of the future research of the SURAN program. This paper is intended to provide a high level description of the SURAP1 network.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1986
- Accession Number
- ADA175642
Entities
People
- Janet Tornow
Organizations
- SRI International