Data communications at the national physical laboratory (1965-1975)
IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
The Cambridge Fast Ring Networking System
IEEE Transactions on Computers
Development of the domain name system
SIGCOMM '88 Symposium proceedings on Communications architectures and protocols
Early Experiences with the Arpanet and Internet in the United Kingdom
IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
Systems aspects of The Cambridge Ring
SOSP '79 Proceedings of the seventh ACM symposium on Operating systems principles
Presentation and major design aspects of the CYCLADES computer network
DATACOMM '73 Proceedings of the third ACM symposium on Data communications and Data networks: Analysis and design
A digital communication network for computers giving rapid response at remote terminals
SOSP '67 Proceedings of the first ACM symposium on Operating System Principles
Packet switching: the experimental packet switched service
ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review
Proposal for an international end to end protocol
ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review
Communication nets; stochastic message flow and delay
Communication nets; stochastic message flow and delay
Computer network development to achieve resource sharing
AFIPS '70 (Spring) Proceedings of the May 5-7, 1970, spring joint computer conference
The terminal IMP for the ARPA computer network
AFIPS '72 (Spring) Proceedings of the May 16-18, 1972, spring joint computer conference
History of communications: an early history of the internet
IEEE Communications Magazine
X.25 virtual circuits: transpac in France - pre-internet data networking
IEEE Communications Magazine
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In this issue of the History Column we bring you an article by Prof. Peter Kirstein, one of the original contributors to early packet switching. We are probably all familiar with the history of the Internet, beginning with its genesis in the American-developed ARPAnet of the late 1960s and early 1970s. We may be less familiar with the contributions of British researchers, as well as those in other countries such as France, at about the same period of time, who worked closely with American researchers as well as independently in developing the packet-switching technology so fundamental to the Internet. Prof. Kirstein recounts the early activities by British engineers, led by Donald Davies of the National Physical Laboratory, the British Post Office, those of his own group at University College London, and others as well. He also ties this work into ongoing activities in the United States at the time. In future History Columns we plan to have similar articles by U.S. packet-switching pioneers on their own early activities in the field. This series of articles on the genesis of the Internet should be of great interest to all communication engineers. We commend the article following to your attention.