On the efficiency of control procedures for computer communication networks

摘要

The last decade has seen an explosive growth in the area of computer communications and, in particular, computer networking. Similar to the early stages of the development of time sharing systems, the first studies in this new area concentrated on demonstrating the feasibility and building a theoretical foundation [CHU 69, DAVI 68, SCAN 68, HEAR 70, FRAN 70, KLEI 70, CARR 70]. While many theoretical questions remain unresolved [CHOU 74, KLEI 74a, OPDE 74a], the feasibility of these systems has clearly been established. The interest has recently shifted toward efficient and secure implementations of computer communication systems. In this paper we will comment on the efficiency of control procedures and report on the experience which we have gained with the operation of the ARPANET.