The collection contains the research files of William Edward Naylor dating from 1969 to 1986 which document his work at the Network Measurement Center, as well as the development of the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET). It includes computer science and network publications and articles; notes and calculations by Naylor; and printed programs and datasets.

William Edward Naylor was a PhD student and researcher with the UCLA Computer Science Department from 1969 to 1978. Working with Leonard Kleinrock, Naylor conducted numerous measurement experiments on the ARPANET, determining its traffic patterns as well as areas for improvement. He also worked on packet voice, an early form of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), the Atlantic Packet Satellite Network (SATNET), and the Packet Radio Network (PRNET).

4.4 Linear Feet (11 boxes)

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