New standard helps multimedia get off the ground

Author

Platt, Richard

Author_Institution

Incite, USA

Volume

3

Issue

2

fYear

1996

Firstpage

78

Lastpage

82

Abstract

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers began working on a transmission standard for multimedia networking almost a decade ago. Since the standard´s recommendation in December 1994, it has taken little more than a year to capture the attention of manufacturers, vendors, resellers, systems integrators, and network users. The IEEE standard for multimedia in a local area network (LAN) is based on ISLAN-1GT, or isochronous Ethernet. Better known as isoEthernet, the standard incorporates an integrated services digital network phone system with LAN-based Ethernet for mixed data transmission. The IEEE standard, designated 802.9a for LANs and metropolitan area networks, is simply a physical layer standard-just like Ethernet 802.3/ISO 8802-3 and Token Ring 802.5-in that it defines the standard´s media access control and physical layer

Keywords

IEEE standards; ISDN; local area networks; metropolitan area networks; multimedia communication; telecommunication standards; IEEE standard; LAN-based Ethernet; integrated services digital network phone system; isoEthernet; isochronous Ethernet; local area network; media access control; metropolitan area networks; mixed data transmission; multimedia networking; physical layer standard; Data communication; Ethernet networks; ISDN; ISO standards; Local area networks; Manufacturing; Media Access Protocol; Metropolitan area networks; Physical layer; Token networks;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

MultiMedia, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1070-986X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/93.502298

Filename

502298