High speed backbone concentrator

Author

Rocha, Nelson P. ; Agapito, A.A. ; Oliveira, J.L. ; De Oliveira, P. Guedes ; Alves, A. Pimenta

Author_Institution

Dept. de Electron. e Telecomunicacoes, Aveiro Univ., Portugal

fYear

1991

Firstpage

1003

Abstract

The authors present the concept of using a high-speed data communication switch as a backbone network concentrator, with low packet delay, in order to accommodate internet and high-demand traffic. Also presented is the front-end processor concept, namely the implementation of an Ethernet front-end processor to connect Ethernet stations and LANs. Another front-end processor is currently being developed for the fiber distributed data interface (FDDI), because most of the FDDI applications will be LAN interconnection and direct connection of mainframes, high-speed servers and workstations

Keywords

data communication equipment; electronic switching systems; local area networks; optical links; packet switching; satellite computers; Ethernet stations; LAN interconnection; backbone network concentrator; fiber distributed data interface; front-end processor; high-speed data communication switch; high-speed servers; low packet delay; mainframes; workstations; Communication switching; Data communication; Ethernet networks; FDDI; IP networks; LAN interconnection; Packet switching; Spine; Switches; Telecommunication traffic;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrotechnical Conference, 1991. Proceedings., 6th Mediterranean

Conference_Location

LJubljana

Print_ISBN

0-87942-655-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MELCON.1991.162011

Filename

162011