Title :
LANs: trends and future prospects
Author :
Bajenescu, Titu I.
Author_Institution :
Telesyst. Ltd., Baden, Switzerland
Abstract :
The author discusses the characteristics and development of local area networks (LANs). He briefly examines the OSI standards; the FDDI (fiber distributed data interface) standard; the use of communication satellites and teleports; the Manufacturing Automation Protocol (MAP); the optical disk; obstacles to a network management standard; ISDN; and secure communication
Keywords :
local area networks; standards; FDDI; ISDN; LANs; MAP; Manufacturing Automation Protocol; OSI standards; communication satellites; fiber distributed data interface; local area networks; network management standard; optical disk; secure communication; teleports; Bandwidth; Coaxial cables; Costs; ISDN; Local area networks; Office automation; Open systems; Standards development; Standards organizations; Wide area networks;
Conference_Titel :
Electrotechnics, 1988. Conference Proceedings on Area Communication, EUROCON 88., 8th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Stockholm
DOI :
10.1109/EURCON.1988.11147
