Providing Common Access Mechanisms for Dissimilar Network Interconnection Nodes

Abstract

Over the past several years, thousands of Local Area Networks (LANs) around the world have been interconnected to form huge computer networks. These interconnections between LANs have been made using a variety of different classes of Interconnection Nodes (INs) made by many different vendors. Management of these essentially similar INs has been more difficult than necessary because of the dissimilar methods required to manage the various IN types. This thesis describes the design and implementation of access mechanisms that make it possible to manage the similar aspects of the various IN types in a common manner, without sacrificing the type-specific functions of the various proprietary management systems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA236630

Entities

People

  • John Menges

Organizations

  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Protocols
  • Communications Protocols
  • Computer Networks
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Digital Communications
  • Electronic Mail
  • International Organizations
  • Local Area Networks
  • Network Protocols
  • Network Science
  • Operating Systems
  • Standards
  • Transport Protocols
  • User Interface

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Software Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Tactical Satellite Communications Systems Engineering.