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Critical issues in high bandwidth networking
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Network Working Group Gigabit Working Group
Request for Comments: 1077 B. Leiner, Editor
November 1988
Critical Issues in High Bandwidth Networking
Status of this Memo
This memo presents the results of a working group on High Bandwidth
Networking. This RFC is for your information and you are encouraged
to comment on the issues presented. Distribution of this memo is
unlimited.
ABSTRACT
At the request of Maj. Mark Pullen and Maj. Brian Boesch of DARPA, an
ad-hoc working group was assembled to develop a set of
recommendations on the research required to achieve a ubiquitous
high-bandwidth network as discussed in the FCCSET recommendations for
Phase III.
This report outlines a set of research topics aimed at providing the
technology base for an interconnected set of networks that can
provide highbandwidth capabilities. The suggested research focus
draws upon ongoing research and augments it with basic and applied
components. The major activities are the development and
demonstration of a gigabit backbone network, the development and
demonstration of an interconnected set of networks with gigabit
throughput and appropriate management techniques, and the development
and demonstration of the required overall architecture that allows
users to gain access to such high bandwidth.
Gigabit Working Group