Codeveloper of Ethernet Predecessor Dies at 91

Filed by Dana Graviton

Franklin “Frank” KuoCodeveloper of ALOHAnetFellow, 91; died 14 AprilKuo helped develop ALOHAnet, a pioneering computer system at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa, in Honolulu. The system went online in 1971 and represented the first public demonstration of a wireless packet data network. It was an inspiration for Robert Metcalfe’s development of Ethernet a couple of years later. In 2020 ALOHAnet was designated as an IEEE Milestone.Kuo earned bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in electri