"catanet" was a term invented by Louis Pouzin, a French researcher responsible for the design and construction of the Cyclades system that included the Cigale pure datagram network. The term appeared in Internet Experiment Note #48 but as I recall was not used thereafter, when the term "Internet" became the preferred descriptive name of the multiple network system sponsored by ARPA. Vint At 11:21 PM 1/13/2003 -0500, Richard J. Sexton Ph.D. J.D. wrote: >How does this relate to Postels catanet work? Vint Cerf SVP Architecture & Technology WorldCom 22001 Loudoun County Parkway, F2-4115 Ashburn, VA 20147 703 886 1690 (v806 1690) 703 886 0047 fax