DATAPAC: A Canadian packet switching network
The work
| Authors | S. B. Erskine |
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| Editors | |
| Type | article |
| Year | 1977 |
| Citekey | erskine1977datapac |
Where it appeared
| Published in | Canadian Electrical Engineering Journal |
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| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 31--36 |
Identifiers
| DOI | 10.1109/ceej.1977.6592834 |
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| OpenAlex | W2334507337 |
Access
| Landing page | https://doi.org/10.1109/ceej.1977.6592834 |
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Abstract
Datapac is a nation-wide public packet-switched data communications network operated by the Trans-Canada Telephone System. All communications over Datapac require the establishment of a virtual circuit between subscriber terminals. In order to accommodate applications where throughput is critical without penalizing applications where response-time is critical, the most appropriate of two delivery priorities may be specified for each virtual circuit. Datapac initially supports simple asynchronous interactive terminals as well as packet-mode terminals. The packet-mode interface conforms to the international standard CCITT Recommendation X.25. This paper presents an overview of Datapac including network structure, subscriber services, switching equipment, network performance, and network control.
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@article{erskine1977datapac,
title = {DATAPAC: A Canadian packet switching network},
author = {S. B. Erskine},
year = {1977},
journal = {Canadian Electrical Engineering Journal},
publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers},
volume = {2},
number = {1},
pages = {31--36},
doi = {10.1109/ceej.1977.6592834},
}
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