FDDI (Fiber Distributed Data Interface) as a backbone for large campus Ethernet networks

Conference · Sat Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:5928220

Fink, R L

Many large campus environments rely heavily on multiple Ethernet Local Area Networks, LANs, interconnected with bridges and/or routers, operating over Backbone LANs also based on Ethernet. Although the use of Ethernets for direct user attachments will be viable for quite some time to come, the use of Ethernets in the Backbone is more limited. A Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) Backbone, interconnected to existing Ethernets with FDDI to Ethernet MAC level bridges, will provide the principal evolutionary path for these large campus networks due to its combination of high speed, low delay time and reliability. 7 refs.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 5928220
• Report Number(s): LBL-23898; CONF-8710156-1; ON: DE88000469
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
990230* -- Mathematics & Mathematical Models-- (1987-1989)
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PERFORMANCE