LANs: trends and future prospects

Author

Bajenescu, Titu I.

Author_Institution

Telesyst. Ltd., Baden, Switzerland

fYear

1988

fDate

13-17 Jun 1988

Firstpage

235

Lastpage

238

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrotechnics, 1988. Conference Proceedings on Area Communication, EUROCON 88., 8th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Stockholm

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EURCON.1988.11147

Filename

11147

Link To Document

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