Gigabit networking

Author

Tolmie, Don E.

Author_Institution

Los Alamos Nat. Lab., NM, USA

Volume

3

Issue

2

fYear

1992

fDate

5/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

28

Lastpage

36

Abstract

Factors driving gigabit networking are identified. The problem of wedding the local area networks (LANs) used to interconnect supercomputers to the long-distance networks used for telecommunications is discussed. Changes in computer and telecommunications networks to accommodate higher speeds, longer distances, and new technology are examined. The American National Standard High-Performance Parallel Interface (HIPPI) is considered. Connecting HIPPI to SONET and to FDDI is addressed. Circuit-switched, ring, and tree architectures for advanced networks are discussed.<>

Keywords

computer networks; optical links; telecommunication networks; American National Standard; FDDI; HIPPI; High-Performance Parallel Interface; SONET; circuit switched architecture; computer networks; gigabit networking; local area networks; long-distance networks; ring architecture; supercomputers; telecommunications networks; tree architectures; Computer architecture; Computer networks; FDDI; Integrated circuit interconnections; Joining processes; LAN interconnection; Local area networks; SONET; Supercomputers; Telecommunication computing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

LTS, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1055-6877

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/80.143479

Filename

143479