Multiprotocol Gateway Capabilities Demonstration Report

Abstract

The National Communications System is working to promote standards within the data communication and telecommunication fields to increase the interoperability of diverse communication systems. These interoperability efforts improve the NS/EP communication capabilities of the nation by providing additional interconnectivity among Federal telecommunication assets. One such effort is determining the feasibility of using the excess transmission capacity of the Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) out-of-band signaling channels to reconstitute disrupted networks. Present telecommunication networks use one of many different protocol suites to interconnect their services. Networks employing different protocols cannot communicate with one another because the diverse protocols are incompatible. To address the protocol incompatibility issue, we recommend developing mechanisms, such as gateways that provide protocol conversions, to interconnect networks using diverse protocols.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 09, 1990
Accession Number
ADA230399

Entities

Organizations

  • Booz Allen Hamilton

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Communication Systems
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Data Links
  • Data Rate
  • Data Transmission
  • Department Of Defense
  • Digital Communications
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Human-Machine Interfaces
  • Language
  • Network Protocols
  • Packet Switching
  • Personal Computers
  • Standards
  • Transport Protocols
  • User Interface

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.