Paper Info
Title
A network operating system for interconnected LANs with heterogeneous data-link layers
Abstract
Microcomputer workstations interconnected by local area networks (LANs) are used extensively for educational computing at the University of Waterloo, Canada. The authors present the user's view of both the Waterloo JANET LAN and the Project ARIES Network to understand the motivation behind the underlying LAN structure. This is followed by a description of the method of interconnection of the LANs, the addressing conventions used, and the implementation of the network operating system. Because of the variation in data-link layers, many of which did not follow the current standards, it was necessary to construct a network operating system which would tolerate their differences. This network operating system was implemented using the message-passive paradigm
Year
DOI
Venue
1988
10.1109/LCN.1988.10213
Minneapolis, MN
Keywords
Field
DocType
local area networks,network operating systems,Project ARIES Network,Waterloo JANET LAN,data-link layers,educational computing,heterogeneous data-link layers,interconnected LANs,message-passive paradigm,microcomputer workstations,network operating system
File server,Computer science,Workstation,Computer network,Network operating system,Local area network,Interconnection,Application software,Microcomputer,Data link,Operating system,Distributed computing
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.44
0
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Donald D. Cowan158190.75
Terry M. Stepien2295.64
Veitch, R.G.320.44