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Some Protocols For Optical-Fiber Digital CommunicationsOne works best in heavy traffic, another, in light traffic. Three protocols proposed for digital communications among stations connected by passive taps to pair of uni-directional optical-fiber buses. Mediate round-robin, bounded-delay access to buses by all stations and particularly suited to fast transmission. Partly because transmission medium passive (no relay stations) and partly because protocols distribute control of network among all stations with provision for addition and deletion of stations (no control stations), communication network able to resist and recover from failures. Implicit token propagates in one direction on one bus and in opposite direction on other bus, minimizing interval of silence between end of one round and beginning of next.
Document ID
19890000331
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Other - NASA Tech Brief
Authors
Yeh, Cavour
(University of California)
Gerla, Mario
(University of California)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
June 1, 1989
Publication Information
Publication: NASA Tech Briefs
Volume: 13
Issue: 6
ISSN: 0145-319X
Subject Category
Mathematics And Information Sciences
Report/Patent Number
NPO-17333
Accession Number
89B10331
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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