Local-area networks in nuclear physics (survey)

Journal Article · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1987 · Instrum. Exp. Tech. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

OSTI ID:5731361

Foteev, V A

The design fundamentals, comparative characteristics, and possibilities of local-area networks as applied to physics experiments are examined. The example of Ethernet is used to explain the operation of local networks, and the results of a study of their functional characteristics are presented. Examples of operational local networks in nuclear physics research and atomic engineering are given: the Japan Research Institute of Atomic Energy, the University of California, and Los Alamos National Laboratory; atomic power plant control in Japan; DECnet and Fastbus; network developments at the Siberian Branch of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR and at the Laboratory of Neutron Physics of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research; and others. It is shown that local networks are important means that considerably increase productivity in data processing.

• OSTI ID: 5731361
• Journal Information: Instrum. Exp. Tech. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Vol. 29:4; Other Information: Translated from Prib. Tekh. Eksp.; 29: No. 4, 5-28(Jul-Aug 1986)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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