Title :
A comparison of the SAE linear token passing bus and the fiber distributed data interface protocols
Author_Institution :
ARINC Res. Corp., Annapolis, MD, USA
fDate :
30 Oct-3 Nov 1994
Abstract :
The Air Force is considering several token passing local area networks (LANs) for use on high performance aircraft. This paper compares two of the fiber optic LANs considered: the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) linear token passing bus (LTPB) and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) fiber distributed data interface (FDDI). ARINC Research Corporation compared these two LANs in terms of their station and network topologies, media access control, capacity allocation, and latency. The SAE LTPB is a LAN designed for military avionics, while the ANSI FDDI was not originally designed for avionics. ARINC Characteristic 636 (1992) expanded the ANSI FDDI into a standard for commercial aircraft avionics which is discussed as an avionics application of the FDDI
Keywords :
aircraft computers; digital simulation; military avionics; optical fibre LAN; protocols; ANSI; ARINC Research Corporation; Air Force; American National Standards Institute; FDDI; LAN; SAE; SAE linear token passing bus; Society of Automotive Engineers; capacity allocation; commercial aircraft avionics; fiber distributed data interface; fiber distributed data interface protocols; fiber optic LAN; high performance aircraft; latency; linear token passing bus; local area networks; media access control; military avionics; network topologies; ANSI standards; Aerospace electronics; Aerospace engineering; Aircraft propulsion; Automotive engineering; Data engineering; FDDI; Military aircraft; Optical fiber LAN; Optical fibers;
Conference_Titel :
Digital Avionics Systems Conference, 1994. 13th DASC., AIAA/IEEE
Conference_Location :
Phoenix, AZ
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2425-0
DOI :
10.1109/DASC.1994.369509
