[ih] internet-history Digest, Vol 105, Issue 35

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For those wanting to learn more about packet radio, IEEE produced a Special Issue on Packet Radio Networks in 1987.  Efforts/demos continued after this date but this is the most available resource I can think of off the top of my head.
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Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2016 18:25:17 +0100
From: Nigel Roberts <nigel at channelisles.net>
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AX.25 was based on X.25 and was used at slow (300-1200baud) speeds over 
HF radio.

On 31/08/16 17:17, Barbara Denny wrote:
> I believe you are thinking of a different packet radio.  There was one
> by the radio community that used AX.25.  Packet radio was an ARPA/DARPA
> effort that developed its own suite of protocols that were improved over
> time. These protocols were usually referred to as CAP followed by a
> version number (e.g. CAP 6).  If my memory isn't faulty,  CAP stood for
> Channel Access Protocol.  It was a MANET.
>
> The August demo did show off the use of the Internet transport. My
> memory of what I have been told in the past agrees with what Craig
> mentioned: The development of the DARPA packet radio network (PRnet) was
> a motivator for TCP.  I would have to check with others to see about
> the timing of the distinct layering as I joined the packet radio project
> later.  BTW, I am using the phrase Internet transport deliberately. I
> chatted with Don Nielson recently about the Guardian article and he used
> that phrase for the demo.
>
> barbara
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2016 09:50:48 -0400
> From: Craig Partridge <craig at aland.bbn.com <mailto:craig at aland.bbn.com>>
> Subject: Re: [ih] internet-history Digest, Vol 105, Issue 30
> To: Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl at gih.com <mailto:ocl at gih.com>>
> Cc: Craig Partridge <craig at aland.bbn.com <mailto:craig at aland.bbn.com>>,
>    "internet-history at postel.org <mailto:internet-history at postel.org>"
> <internet-history at postel.org <mailto:internet-history at postel.org>>,
> Barbara
>    Denny <b_a_denny at yahoo.com <mailto:b_a_denny at yahoo.com>>
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> Hi Olivier:
>
> What the article hints at, but doesn?t quite say, is that TCP was the
> answer to a question, namely how to do we link packet radio networks
> (and some other
> types of networks) to a network like ARPANET?
>
> As I recall the story (I arrived on the scene later), Bob Kahn was in
> the process of funding Packet Radio Networks and he and Vint needed to
> solve the
> interconnection problem and that motivated the TCP paper.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Craig
>
> PS: Footnote ? originally TCP contained both TCP and what we now call
> IP.  IP was made a standalone protocol after a hallway debate in (I
> believe) 1977.
>
>
>> On Aug 31, 2016, at 3:33 AM, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl at gih.com
> <mailto:ocl at gih.com>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On 31/08/2016 05:13, Barbara Denny wrote:
>>> For those interested, here is another article related to the Packet
> Radio/ARPANET August Internet demo.  BTW, the SFgate article didn't make
> it clear that another packet radio located at Stanford was used to reach
> SRI.  The November 1977 demo also added a satellite, SATNET,  to make it
> a 3 network test.
>>>
>>> barbara
>>>
>>> How the internet was invented
> <https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jul/15/how-the-internet-was-invented-1976-arpa-kahn-cerf?CMP=share_btn_link>
>>
>> Thanks for this link. The mentioning of packet radio raised my
> interest and I was not aware of the Stanford experiments. Yet I am
> somehow puzzled as packet radio used AX.25. Thus whilst I understand the
> packet transmission of data was proven, is packet radio really that
> closely related to TCP/IP?
>> Kindest regards,
>>
>> Olivier
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> Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2016 07:17:36 -0700
> From: Dave Crocker <dhc2 at dcrocker.net <mailto:dhc2 at dcrocker.net>>
> Subject: Re: [ih] internet-history Digest, Vol 105, Issue 30
> To: Craig Partridge <craig at aland.bbn.com
> <mailto:craig at aland.bbn.com>>,    Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond
>    <ocl at gih.com <mailto:ocl at gih.com>>
> Cc: "internet-history at postel.org <mailto:internet-history at postel.org>"
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>    Barbara Denny <b_a_denny at yahoo.com <mailto:b_a_denny at yahoo.com>>
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> On 8/31/2016 6:50 AM, Craig Partridge wrote:
>> As I recall the story (I arrived on the scene later), Bob Kahn was in
>> the process of funding Packet Radio Networks and he and Vint needed to
>> solve the
>> interconnection problem and that motivated the TCP paper.
>
>
> This is a variant of the broader problem statement I was used to hearing:
>
>      Even by 1972 there already were a variety of independent networks
> around the world.  How to interconnect them, since it was unlikely that
> they would all agree to switch over to someone else's network protocols.
>
>      TCP was developed as an overlay that would run on all of them,
> connecting them.
>
> d/
>
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>  Dave Crocker
>  Brandenburg InternetWorking
>  bbiw.net
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> Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2016 16:22:50 +0200
> From: Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl at gih.com <mailto:ocl at gih.com>>
> Subject: Re: [ih] internet-history Digest, Vol 105, Issue 30
> To: Craig Partridge <craig at aland.bbn.com <mailto:craig at aland.bbn.com>>
> Cc: "internet-history at postel.org <mailto:internet-history at postel.org>"
> <internet-history at postel.org <mailto:internet-history at postel.org>>,
>    Barbara Denny <b_a_denny at yahoo.com <mailto:b_a_denny at yahoo.com>>
> Message-ID: <52bcdc97-12fb-8f01-64df-e99cb55024a4 at gih.com
> <mailto:52bcdc97-12fb-8f01-64df-e99cb55024a4 at gih.com>>
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> Dear Craig,
>
> thanks, that's helpful. I've learnt something today. :-)
>
> Now I am aware of the AMPR's work (nicely summarised on
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMPRNet
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMPRNet>). It hints at TCP/IP & a non
> routeable Class A being allocated to the AMPR network, with some people
> using NAT to carry traffic across -- but was that really done on a
> larger scale? I recall regulatory issues at the time, where Packet Radio
> was seen as a broadcast medium & you needed your radio license to
> operate a TNC. Thus whilst it was legally possible to send out an email
> to the Internet from a Packet Radio node, as you held a license to do
> so, it was deemed illegal to receive your emails from the Internet to
> your TNC - as the sender did not hold a radio license. I am speaking of
> 1989 so 10+ years later than Bob Kahn's work.
> Is the restriction still in place now?
> Kindest regards,
>
> Olivier
>
> On 31/08/2016 15:50, Craig Partridge wrote:
>> Hi Olivier:
>>
>> What the article hints at, but doesn?t quite say, is that TCP was the
>> answer to a question, namely how to do we link packet radio networks
>> (and some other
>> types of networks) to a network like ARPANET?
>>
>> As I recall the story (I arrived on the scene later), Bob Kahn was in
>> the process of funding Packet Radio Networks and he and Vint needed to
>> solve the
>> interconnection problem and that motivated the TCP paper.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Craig
>>
>> PS: Footnote ? originally TCP contained both TCP and what we now call
>> IP.  IP was made a standalone protocol after a hallway debate in (I
>> believe) 1977.
>>
>>
>>> On Aug 31, 2016, at 3:33 AM, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl at gih.com
> <mailto:ocl at gih.com>
>>> <mailto:ocl at gih.com <mailto:ocl at gih.com>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 31/08/2016 05:13, Barbara Denny wrote:
>>>> For those interested, here is another article related to the Packet
>>>> Radio/ARPANET August Internet demo.  BTW, the SFgate article didn't
>>>> make it clear that another packet radio located at Stanford was used
>>>> to reach SRI.  The November 1977 demo also added a satellite,
>>>> SATNET,  to make it a 3 network test.
>>>>
>>>> barbara
>>>>
>>>> How the internet was invented
>>>>
> <https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jul/15/how-the-internet-was-invented-1976-arpa-kahn-cerf?CMP=share_btn_link>
>>>
>>> Thanks for this link. The mentioning of packet radio raised my
>>> interest and I was not aware of the Stanford experiments. Yet I am
>>> somehow puzzled as packet radio used AX.25. Thus whilst I understand
>>> the packet transmission of data was proven, is packet radio really
>>> that closely related to TCP/IP?
>>> Kindest regards,
>>>
>>> Olivier
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> From: Dr Eberhard W Lisse <el at lisse.NA <mailto:el at lisse.NA>>
> Subject: Re: [ih] internet-history Digest, Vol 105, Issue 30
> To: craig at aland.bbn.com <mailto:craig at aland.bbn.com>, ocl at gih.com
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> Ah,
>
> I remember fondly when they used to have a routing for North America
> which made their addresses look like something.NA and that then
> bounced up and down UUCP over the telephone line a few times.
>
> greetings, el
>
> On 2016-08-31 14:50, Craig Partridge wrote:
>> Hi Olivier:
>>
>> What the article hints at, but doesn?t quite say, is that TCP was
>> the answer to a question, namely how to do we link packet radio
>> networks (and some other types of networks) to a network like
>> ARPANET?
>>
>> As I recall the story (I arrived on the scene later), Bob Kahn was
>> in the process of funding Packet Radio Networks and he and Vint
>> needed to solve the interconnection problem and that motivated the
>> TCP paper.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Craig
>>
>> PS: Footnote ? originally TCP contained both TCP and what we now call
>> IP.  IP was made a standalone protocol after a hallway debate in (I
>> believe) 1977.
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