Computer communications at CERN

CERN has been a leading user of data communications technology for many years, and yet still needs to extend and improve its facilities. A major review of needs was carried out in 1982, consolidation has taken place since then, and a general policy for the future has now been proposed. This is based on the OSI model, on the short-term use of non-standard protocols, and to a large extent on a backbone network and gateways. (Auth.)