A token ring local area network (LAN) for campus wide communication based on the TI TMS380 adapter chipset

Author

Gaziani, Saleem R. ; Biship, Richard R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., New Orleans Univ., LA, USA

fYear

1990

fDate

1-4 Apr 1990

Firstpage

317

Abstract

The commonest LAN is Ethernet, which uses a bus topology in which the network user stations connect to a common linear cable by network interface units. Common problems with this network are the bus contention problem and the need for expensive repeaters to boost signal strength. The concept of the token ring LAN is introduced to solve these problems. This project was divided into two parts. The first part is the design and development of the complete 68000-based computer system with timing calculations. The second part includes the interfacing of this computer system to a TI TMS380 LAN adapter chipset. These two phases are discussed. The authors present the design of the complete system and its installation in the University of New Orleans Computer Application Laboratory

Keywords

add-on boards; educational computing; token networks; 68000-based computer system; Ethernet; TI TMS380 LAN adapter chipset; bus contention problem; bus topology; campus wide communication; installation; network interface units; network user stations; repeaters; signal strength; timing calculations; token ring local area network; Decoding; Delay; EPROM; Instruments; Local area networks; Random access memory; Read only memory; Read-write memory; Timing; Token networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Southeastcon '90. Proceedings., IEEE

Conference_Location

New Orleans, LA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SECON.1990.117825

Filename

117825