A loop network for simultaneous transmission of variable-length messages
ISCA '75 Proceedings of the 2nd annual symposium on Computer architecture
Design and simulation of the distributed loop computer network (DLCN)
ISCA '76 Proceedings of the 3rd annual symposium on Computer architecture
An experimental distributed switching system to handle bursty computer traffic
Proceedings of the first ACM symposium on Problems in the optimization of data communications systems
System design of the distributed loop computer network (dlcn).
System design of the distributed loop computer network (dlcn).
FISHNET: A Distributed Architecture for High-Performance Local Computer Networks
IEEE Transactions on Computers
An extensive bibliography on computer networks
ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review
A protocol for a new double-loop computer network and its implementation
AFIPS '81 Proceedings of the May 4-7, 1981, national computer conference
Techniques: Survey of computer communications loop networks: Part 1
Computer Communications
Techniques: Survey of computer communications loop networks: Part 2
Computer Communications
Integrated voice and data network
Computer Communications
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The Distributed Loop Computer Network (DLCN) is envisioned as a powerful, unified distributed computing system which interconnects midi/mini/micro-computers, terminals and other peripherals through careful integration of hardware, software and a loop communication network. Research concerning DLCN has concentrated on the loop communication network, message protocol and distributed network operating system. For the loop communication network, previous papers [2,3] reported a novel message transmission mechanism, its hardware implementation, and its superior performance verified by GPSS simulation. This paper presents an overview of the design requirements and implementation techniques for DLCN's message protocol and network operating system. Firstly, a bit-oriented distributed message communication protocol (DLMCP) which handles four message types under one common format is proposed. Besides user information transfer, this protocol supports automatic hardware-generated message acknowledgment, error detection and recovery, and network control and distributed operating system functions, Secondly, the network operating system (DLOS) is described which provides facilities for interprocess communication by process name, global process control and calling of remote programs, generalized data transfer, alterable multi-linked process control structures, distributed resource management, and logical I/O transmission in a distributed file system.