Title :
Defense Data Network an Overview
Author :
Lee Maybaum, Col F. ; Duffield, Howard C.
Author_Institution :
Col, Defense Communications Agency
Abstract :
The paper provides the genesis of the Defense Data Network (DDN), its scope and implementation strategy. This is followed by a description of the DDN today in terms of its hardware elements, protocols, architecture and topology. The paper concludes with a discussion of the planned and projected improvements needed for the evolution of the DDN in the 1980s and its maturation in the 1990s.
Keywords :
ARPANET; Computer interfaces; Cryptography; Data communication; Data engineering; Hardware; Network topology; Packet switching; Protocols; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
Military Communications Conference - Communications-Computers: Teamed for the 90's, 1986. MILCOM 1986. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Monterey, CA, USA
DOI :
10.1109/MILCOM.1986.4805713
