<P> The Internet protocol suite resulted from research and development conducted by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ( DARPA ) in the late 1960s . After initiating the pioneering ARPANET in 1969 , DARPA started work on a number of other data transmission technologies . In 1972 , Robert E. Kahn joined the DARPA Information Processing Technology Office , where he worked on both satellite packet networks and ground - based radio packet networks , and recognized the value of being able to communicate across both . In the spring of 1973 , Vinton Cerf , the developer of the existing ARPANET Network Control Program ( NCP ) protocol , joined Kahn to work on open - architecture interconnection models with the goal of designing the next protocol generation for the ARPANET . </P>
<P> The Internet protocol suite resulted from research and development conducted by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ( DARPA ) in the late 1960s . After initiating the pioneering ARPANET in 1969 , DARPA started work on a number of other data transmission technologies . In 1972 , Robert E. Kahn joined the DARPA Information Processing Technology Office , where he worked on both satellite packet networks and ground - based radio packet networks , and recognized the value of being able to communicate across both . In the spring of 1973 , Vinton Cerf , the developer of the existing ARPANET Network Control Program ( NCP ) protocol , joined Kahn to work on open - architecture interconnection models with the goal of designing the next protocol generation for the ARPANET . </P>
who is responsible for developing the concept of a suite of rules for packet network interconnection
who is responsible for developing the concept of a suite of rules for packet network interconnection
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ( DARPA )
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ( DARPA )