| 1981 | 48-bit absolute internet and Ethernet host numbers. Yogen K. Dalal, Robert S. Printis |
| 1981 | A heuristic method for optimizing an intercity data transmission network. Rodolfo A. Pazos |
| 1981 | A study of protocol analysis for packet switched network. K. Tsukamoto, T. Itoh, M. Nomura, Y. Tanaka |
| 1981 | A theoretical performance analysis of polling and carrier sense collision detection communication systems. Ed Arthurs, Bart W. Stuck |
| 1981 | A versatile queueing model for data switching. Richard V. Laue |
| 1981 | A virtual circuit switch as the basis for distributed systems. Gottfried W. R. Luderer, H. Che, W. T. Marshall |
| 1981 | An analysis of link level protocols for error prone links. Leslie Jill Miller |
| 1981 | An experiment on high speed file transfer using satellite links. Christian Huitema, Isabelle Valet |
| 1981 | An overview of BLN: A bell laboratories computing network. K. E. Coates, D. L. Dvorak, R. M. Watts |
| 1981 | Bidirectional token flow system. M. E. Ulug, G. M. White, W. J. Adams |
| 1981 | Demand assigned multiple access systems using collision type request channels: Priority messages. Gagan L. Choudhury, Stephen S. Rappaport |
| 1981 | Description of a planned federal information processing standard for transport protocol. John F. Heafner, Robert P. Blanc |
| 1981 | Design issues of protocols for computer mail. Jose Joaquin Garcia-Luna-Aceves, Franklin F. Kuo |
| 1981 | Digital signature schemes for computer communication networks. Henk Meijer, Selim G. Akl |
| 1981 | Formal specification and verification of a connection establishment protocol. Daniel Schwabe |
| 1981 | HDLC reliability and the FRBS method to improve it. J. Selga, J. Rivera |
| 1981 | Impact of satellite technology on transport flow control. Richard L. Tenney, Gilbert Falk, Douglas H. Hunt |
| 1981 | Incorporation of service classes into a network architecture. Radia J. Perlman |
| 1981 | Insights into the implementation and application of heterogeneous local area networks. William Lidinsky |
| 1981 | Isolated word recognition based upon source coding techniques. Andres Buzo, Horacio G. Martinez, Carlos Rivera, Aron Jazcilevich |
| 1981 | Local area networks for the automated office - a survey. Arthur R. Braun |
| 1981 | Modeling and analysis of flow controlled packet switching networks. Simon S. Lam, Luke Yeong-Chang Lien |
| 1981 | Optimal loop topologies for distributed systems. Cauligi S. Raghavendra, Mario Gerla |
| 1981 | Proceedings of the seventh symposium on Data communications, SIGCOMM 1981, Mexico City, Mexico, October 27-29, 1981 Wushow Chou, Juan Milton Garduño, Kenneth J. Thurber |
| 1981 | SNATCH opens manufacturers' networks through gateways. Dagmar Einert, Gerhard Glas |
| 1981 | Some cryptographic principles of authentication in electronic funds transfer systems. Carl H. Meyer, Stephen M. Matyas |
| 1981 | TORNET: A local area network. Zvonko G. Vranesic, V. Carl Hamacher, Wayne M. Loucks, Safwat G. Zaky |
| 1981 | The cost of data replication. Hector Garcia-Molina, Daniel Barbará |
| 1981 | The great debate over telematics and employment. Eduardo Rivera, Lilia Briceño |
| 1981 | Why a ring? Jerome H. Saltzer, David D. Clark, Kenneth T. Pogran |
| 1981 | X.75 internetworking of Datapac and Telenet. Mehmet S. Unsoy, Theresa A. Shanahan |