Interconnecting local networks via the Packet Radio Network

Abstract

The Bay Area Packet Radio Network has been integrated into an existing architecture for network interconnection: it can be used to provide radio communications for directly connected hosts, or as an alternative packet transport mechanism to carry traffic between two local networks.The radio link is operational, and can support regular internetwork communications at rates ranging from 12 to 20 kilobits/second, with the current Packet Radio equipment.Use of the Radionet required only the writing of a network specific driver for the standard communications software package. The driver is responsible for controlling the interface to the Radionet, performing fragmentation and reassembly of large packets, routing within the Radionet, and similar tasks.

48-bit absolute internet and Ethernet host numbers

“…In the area of computercommunications we have tried to develop a usage that is consistent with that found elsewhere, and an excellent expose of the issues may be found in [Shoch79]. An important result of this paper is that a mode of identification (whether it be a number or a string of characters) is treated as a name or address depending on the context in which it is viewed.…”

“…For example, when Pup internet packets traverse the Bay Area Packet Radio Network, the 8-bit host number of the internet routers must be translated into the 16-bit ID used within the radio network [Shoch79].…”

Routing with packet duplication and elimination in computer networks

“…Another ca use of pac ket loss may be statistical, such as shortage of resour ces. For example, gatew ays in an internetwor k may destroy pac kets at will [1, 2,3] , in which ca se not all packe ts passing through that node are destroyed. This pape r addr esses the phenomenon of the sec ond kind.…”