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Transport Protocols for Department of Defense Data Networks Report to the Department of Defense and the National Bureau of Standards (1985) / Chapter Skim
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Pages 31-38

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... This need for compatible protocols to communicate is a powerful driving force toward communication standards DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE NETWORKS MARKET STATUS AND PLANS The major networks of the Defense Data Network include the following: -31
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... -- to be upgraded. Strategic Air Command Digital Information Network (SACDIN)
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... NATO has discussed protocol standards and has selected ISO as an approach, subject to its being adapted to meet military requirements, if such adaptation is necessary. There is no definitive planning underway, however, to develop a NATO computer network.
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... There is a major effort underway to modernize the WWMCCS, including upgrading or replacing current computers, providing Local Area Networks at major centers throughout the world, and providing common software packages for utilities and some applications. The upgrading of the transport protocols is part of this effort.
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... The software packages will include 1822 or X.25, TOP, and utility protocols for terminal access, mail, and file transfer. Initial operational capability is planned for late 1985.
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... The best example is Teletext, which is an upgraded version of the Telex system used widely outside the United States. Consequently, government networks in many countries use the international ISO standards or the national standards derived from the international standards.
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... Thus international standards are preferred for operational as well as logistic considerations. In the United States much of the demand for TP-4 will develop in the industries that exchange information regularly with entities of the federal government.
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... The committee concludes that there will be little market demand for the TOP protocols outside the United States. The strong international demand will be for ISO protocols, including TP-4.
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