This groundbreaking Harvard Ph.D. dissertation by Bob Metcalfe led directly to his invention of Ethernet and contributed significantly to the TCP/IP protocol suite developed by Vint Cerf and others. This dissertation remains a penetrating mathematical exposition of the fundamental packet switching techniques employed by both TCP/IP and Ethernet. Hard-core techies interested in either technology, as well as computer history buffs, will find this material fascinating.
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This book is a great introduction into what will be the wireless data communication protocol of the future - GPRS. I recommend any one working in the field or looking at starting out grab a copy of this book for reference now and in the future. I just started working in the field myself and found it a great start to the complications of protocols.
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During an interview with Halley Suitt in 2004, Bob Metcalfe reminisces that in May of 1972 when he defended this thesis, Harvard rejected it and he failed. He was depressed about it at the time but points out with some satisfaction that it's now one of the few PHD thesis' available on Amazon.com. You can hear the interview at http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail200.html. This discussion is at about the 9-minute mark.
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This report develops a theory of packet communication; it analyzes uses of computers in digital communication systems and examines structures for organizing computers in highly communicative environments. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
packet communication techniques, total effective capacity, interprocess communication techniques, interprocess communication system, restart location, distributed interprocess communication, resource sharing computer network, sender bit, retransmission intervals, communications subnet, communication using computers, retransmission control, raw channel, receive port, central receiver, rendezvous site, interactive traffic, channel throughput, packet generation, header bits, packet radio network, interface message processor, remote processes, immediate transmissions, central memory Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Network Controller, Network Working Group, University of Hawaii, Harvard University, Technical Report, Report Number, Network Analysis Corporation, Sixth Hawaii International Conference, System Sciences, Computing Technology, Digest of Papers, Dynamic Modeling, New York, San Francisco, Computer Graphics System Document, Network Control Programs, Spring Joint Comput New!
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packet communication techniques, total effective capacity, interprocess communication techniques, interprocess communication system, restart location, distributed interprocess communication, resource sharing computer network, sender bit, retransmission intervals, communications subnet, communication using computers, retransmission control, raw channel, receive port, central receiver, rendezvous site, interactive traffic, channel throughput, packet generation, header bits, packet radio network, interface message processor, remote processes, immediate transmissions, central memory Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Network Controller, Network Working Group, University of Hawaii, Harvard University, Technical Report, Report Number, Network Analysis Corporation, Sixth Hawaii International Conference, System Sciences, Computing Technology, Digest of Papers, Dynamic Modeling, New York, San Francisco, Computer Graphics System Document, Network Control Programs, Spring Joint Comput New!
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- Digest of Papers by Compcon on page 143, page 147, and page 150
- Casting the Net: From ARPANET to INTERNET and Beyond by Peter H. Salus in Back Matter
- Final report (CCS occasional paper ; no. 6) by Speyside Project on page 150
- Computer Graphics by Acm Press on page 149
- Final report by Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Activities of the Nugan Hand Group on page 150
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- Telecosm: The World After Bandwidth Abundance by George Gilder on page 154, and Back Matter
- Encyclopedia of Telecommunications by Fritz E. Froehlich on page 110, and page 375
- Inventing the Internet (Inside Technology) by Janet Abbate on page 117, and Back Matter
- Local Area Networks: An Advanced Course: Glasgow, July 11-22, 1983. Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science) (v. 184) by D. Hutchison on page 34
- TELECOSM: How Infinite Bandwidth will Revolutionize Our World by George Gilder on page 154
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