• DocumentCode
    491514
  • Title

    Defense Data Network an Overview

  • Author

    Lee Maybaum, Col F. ; Duffield, Howard C.

  • Author_Institution
    Col, Defense Communications Agency
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    1986
  • fDate
    5-9 Oct. 1986
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Military Communications Conference - Communications-Computers: Teamed for the 90's, 1986. MILCOM 1986. IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Monterey, CA, USA
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MILCOM.1986.4805713
  • Filename
    4805713