Distributed Communication
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23732191 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ruizhe Ling (0000-0002-6336-4050, Nanyang Technological University, corresponding author), Rich Ling |
| Year | 2016 |
| Pages | 1-8 |
| Publication date | 2016-10-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | The International Encyclopedia of Communication Theory and Philosophy (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781118766804.wbiect080 |
| OpenAlex | W4237421131 |
| ISBN | 9781118766804 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 10 |
Distributed communication systems have provided for the coordination and control of large‐scale social organizations. Indeed, it was the need to coordinate and control one such system, the railroads, that led to the wide‐scale deployment of one of the earliest distributed communication systems, the telegraph. Progressive enhancement of distributed communication , as seen in the telephone network and the networking of computers, has facilitated the fundamental restructuring of commercial and public administration without the need for colocated offices. Simultaneously, this has allowed for the centralization of information and control. Beyond administration, the increasing portability and ease of use of distributed communication means that it is being used by smaller groups, families, and individuals in their daily affairs. Future developments include cloud computing and the networking of objects into machine‐to‐machine or person‐to‐machine forms of distributed communication.
Business · Cloud computing · Communications system · Computer security · Control (management) · Distributed computing · Distributed control system · Operating system · Restructuring · Scale (ratio) · Software deployment · Software engineering · Software portability · Telecommunications · Telecommunications network · Telephone network · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · IoT and Edge/Fog Computing · Mobile Crowdsensing and Crowdsourcing · Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |