Network interconnection and gateways

Author

Sunshine, Carl A.

Author_Institution

Unisys Corp., Santa Monica, CA, USA

Volume

8

Issue

1

fYear

1990

fDate

1/1/1990 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

4

Lastpage

11

Abstract

Major technical issues for interconnecting computer networks that must be solved, which include selection of a protocol level at which to interconnect, addressing, routing, fragmentation, and congestion control, are discussed. Specialized gateway devices used to interconnect networks and implement any necessary internet protocols are examined. Two leading alternatives have been developed by the DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Internet community (datagram internet protocol) and by the CCITT (International Telegraphy and Telephony Consultative Committee) for public data networks (concatenation of virtual circuits). The new ISO standards encompass both approaches, but providing interoperability between them is still a problem

Keywords

computer networks; protocols; CCITT; DARPA; Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency; ISO standards; Internet community; addressing; computer networks interconnection; congestion control; datagram internet protocol; fragmentation; gateways; internet protocols; public data networks; routing; virtual circuit concatenation; Computer networks; Helium; IP networks; Integrated circuit interconnections; Internet; LAN interconnection; Local area networks; Microcomputers; Routing protocols; Standardization;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/49.46841

Filename

46841