Abstract
Within the Department of Computer Science at University College London (UCL), the INDRA research group has been investigating different aspects of computer networks over the last ten years. During this period increasing attention has been given to the area of network interconnection. As a result of this research, UCL now offers a network interconnection facility for use by scientists and researchers in the UK and the US. This paper describes the internetwork facilities we provide and shows how they developed out of the research. It outlines how it has been able to evolve with the change of protocols on the different sides of the Atlantic, and should move towards the incorporation of the emerging international Standards.
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Innerhalb des Informatik-Fachbereichs des University College London (UCL), hat die INDRA Forschungsgruppe während der vergangenen zehn Jahre zahlreiche unterschiedliche Rechnernetzprojekte durchgeführt. Hierbei gewann das Problem der Interkonnektion von Rechnernetzen zunehmend an Bedeutung. Als ein wesentliches Ergebnis der bisherigen Forschungsarbeiten kann das UCL jetzt sowohl englischen als auch amerikanischen Wissenschaftlern und Forschern seine Rechnerverbund-Dienste anbieten. Der vorliegende Vortrag beschreibt die verfügbaren Kommunikationsmöglichkeiten und zeigt deren Entwicklung aus den Forschungsarbeiten heraus. Hierbei wird verdeutlicht, wie die Architektur des UCL-Systems flexible Anpassungen an Protokolländerungen beiderseits des Atlantiks ermöglicht, wobei die Entwicklung in Richtung internationaler Protokollstandards geht.
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Kirstein, P.T. (1985). The University College London International Computer Communications Interconnection Service. In: Heger, D., Krüger, G., Spaniol, O., Zorn, W. (eds) Kommunikation in Verteilten Systemen I. Informatik-Fachberichte, vol 95. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70285-3_19
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