Title :
Resilient ethernet ring for metropolitan area networks
Author :
Ziwen Lian ; Wen-De Zhong ; Bose, S.K. ; Yixin Wang
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Univ.
Abstract :
This paper presents a new resilient Ethernet ring (RER) approach to allow the Ethernet to be operated in ring topologies for transporting data in metropolitan area networks (MANs). Developed based on standard Ethernet datalink switching technology, RER is simple and data-efficient. The ring topology simplifies the decision-making process for frame forwarding and also enables the RER to recover from failure within 50 ms. Simulations show that RER transports data efficiently in MANs
Keywords :
computer network reliability; decision making; local area networks; metropolitan area networks; telecommunication network topology; telecommunication switching; 50 ms; datalink switching technology; decision-making process; metropolitan area network; resilient Ethernet ring; ring topology; Bandwidth; Computer architecture; Costs; Ethernet networks; Metropolitan area networks; Network topology; Protocols; SONET; Switches; Telecommunication traffic;
Conference_Titel :
Communications Systems, 2004. ICCS 2004. The Ninth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Singapore, China
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8549-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICCS.2004.1359390
