Routing and Addressing Problems in Large Metropolitan-Scale Internetworks

Abstract

Digital packet networking technology is spreading rapidly into the commercial sector. Currently, most networks are isolated local area networks. This isolation is counterproductive. Within the next twenty years it should be possible to connect these networks to one another via a vast inter network. A metropolitan inter network must be capable of connecting many thousand networks and a national one several million. It is difficult to extend current inter networking technology to this scale. Problems include routing and host mobility. This report addressed these problems by developing an algorithm that retains robustness and has desirable commercial characteristics.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA180187

Entities

People

  • Gregory G. Finn

Organizations

  • University of Southern California

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Algorithms
  • Boundaries
  • Communication Channels
  • Computer Networks
  • Computers
  • Data Rate
  • Grids
  • Internet Routing
  • Local Area Networks
  • Network Architecture
  • Network Protocols
  • Network Topology
  • Packet Switching
  • Routing Protocols
  • Topology
  • Trees (Data Structures)

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Economics