Datagrams as a public packet-switched data transmission service / by Gregor V. Bochmann and Pierre Goyer.: Co24-30/1977E-PDF

"The main objective of the study is to present a comprehensive view of the implications of a datagram service, and the report is divided into the following parts: An overview of the history of packet switching and the development of the datagram concept; An overview of communication systems architecture identifying the role a datagram service would play within the logical structure of a distributed data processing system; A comparison between datagrams and virtual circuits, including such points as field of application, efficiency as a transmission service, interworking of networks, flow control and charging; A comparative study of the current proposals for extending X.25 in order to incorporate a datagram facility and/or a "fast select" facility"--Executive summary, page 1-2.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Canada. Department of Communications.
Title Datagrams as a public packet-switched data transmission service / by Gregor V. Bochmann and Pierre Goyer.
Publication type Monograph
Language [English]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Digitized edition from print [produced by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada].
"Draft."
Includes bibliographical references.
Publishing information Montréal : Départment d'information, Faculté des arts et des sciences, Université de Montréal, March 1977.
[Ottawa] : Department of Communications.
Author / Contributor Bochmann, Gregor V., 1941- author.
Goyer, Pierre, author.
Description 1 online resource (53 pages)
Catalogue number
  • Co24-30/1977E-PDF
Subject terms Computer networks
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