Development of CCITT standards for packet data networks in the period 1980–1984

The rapid growth of the communications industry has produced the need for a programme of rationalization of international computing and networking standards. The work done at CCITT in this field during 1980–1984 period is reviewed, particular attention being given to the progress made in the standards for packet data networks: X.25, X.3, X.28, X.29 and X.32. Some aspects of the OSI model that are related to the network layer and to X.25 are also discussed.