A protocol for connecting packet networks

What changed

Cerf and Kahn proposed how hosts could communicate across different packet networks through gateways and end-to-end transport mechanisms.

Scientific scope

The 1974 protocol design for communication between packet networks.

Evidence

Original sources and institutional historical accounts support the stated contribution. The reading boundary is recorded at each source; this assessment is not an independent scientific verification.

Contributors

• V. Cerf · SCIENCE: Named source contributor to this scoped work; individual labor shares are not measured.
• R. Kahn · SCIENCE: Named source contributor to this scoped work; individual labor shares are not measured.

• A Protocol for Packet Network Intercommunication
• A Protocol for Packet Network Intercommunication — deposited bibliography
• Original internetworking paper

Provisional WRS assessment, edition 2026-10-16.1. Independent expert calibration is pending. This grade does not certify correctness or assign ownership.

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