DocumentCode
2297853
Title
IEEE project 802.6 update
Author
Mollenauer, James F.
Author_Institution
Prime Comput., Framingham, MA, USA
fYear
1989
fDate
10-12 Oct 1989
Firstpage
177
Lastpage
179
Abstract
The present status of the IEEE 802.6 standardization effort on metropolitan area networks is reported. Comparison is made with the status a year ago, noting that the mapping of the physical layer has been agreed upon, that the Bellcore service proposal SMDS (switched multimegabit data service) now specifies 802.6 as the access protocol, and that it has been decided that the asymmetry of access time that can exist in a bus network does not pose a problem. The timetable for future work is given, and work remaining as well as future possibilities are described
Keywords
computer interfaces; computer networks; protocols; standardisation; Bellcore service proposal; IEEE 802.6 standardization; MAN; access protocol; access time; access time asymmetry; bus network; metropolitan area networks; physical layer mapping; switched multimegabit data service; B-ISDN; Integrated circuit interconnections; Payloads; Physical layer; Protocols; SONET; Standardization; Telephony; Voting; Wide area networks;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Local Computer Networks, 1989., Proceedings 14th Conference on
Conference_Location
Mineapolis, MN
Print_ISBN
0-8186-1968-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LCN.1989.65259
Filename
65259
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