Title :
100Base-T/IEEE 802.12/packet switching
Author :
Molle, Mart ; Watson, Greg
Author_Institution :
California Univ., CA, USA
fDate :
8/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Three LAN technologies look set to satisfy the ever-increasing demand for LAN bandwidth. Two of these technologies are 100 Mb/s shared-medium LANs: 100Base-T (aka IEEE 802.3 Fast Ethernet) and IEEE 802.12 (aka 100VG-AnyLAN or 100VG). The third technology is packet switching, which is really an extension of existing LAN bridge technology, but offers excellent performance gains at very low cost. The authors describe the three technologies and provide a comparison between the two 100 Mb/s LANs. Also presented are results that compare the measured performance of 100 Mb/s shared-medium LANs with switched LANs
Keywords :
IEEE standards; local area networks; packet switching; performance evaluation; telecommunication standards; 100 Mbit/s; 100Base-T; 100VG; 100VG-AnyLAN; IEEE 802.12; IEEE 802.3 Fast Ethernet; LAN bandwidth; LAN bridge technolog; LAN performance; LAN technologies; measured performance; packet switching; shared medium LAN; switched LAN; Bridges; Costs; Ethernet networks; FDDI; Local area networks; Media Access Protocol; Multiaccess communication; Network topology; Packet switching; Switches;
Journal_Title :
Communications Magazine, IEEE
