Analysis of the hardware requirements of a high speed computer interface required to utilize fiber distributed data interface

As the use of computers in the workplace becomes more commonplace, the levels of interconnection and interoperability increases. The desire to pass large amounts of data almost instantaneously is the basis of the high speed local area network (LAN). To meet the needs of these LANs, the American National Standards Institute has developed the Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) standard. This new LAN can provides high speed fiber optic based communication between computers. In meeting the computer/LAN interface requirements, new methods for data transfer will be required. Trade-offs between the reliability, architecture and buffer sizes must be developed. These concepts must include variables of data transfer widths, protocol processing, transfer architecture and packet length distributions. This dissertation addresses these hardware requirements in using the high speed computer interface known as the Fiber Data Distributed Interface.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph. D.

Level thesis:degree_level

doctoral

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Electrical Engineering

Department dc:contributor.department

Electrical Engineering

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

1990

Author dc:creator

• Tolley, Dan B.

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Claus, Richard O.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Burton, John K.
• Jacobs, Ira
• Nunnally, Charles E.
• Midkiff, Scott F.

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language.iso

en

Dc Identifier Other

etd-08032007-102233

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/39016