FDDI and beyond-a network for the 1990s

The availability of cheap optical fibre and associated transceivers has encouraged the development of the next generation of computer networks. Most prominent among these is the fibre distributed-date interface (FDDI), which is expected to become a standard. The authors describe the principal advantages of the FDDI (namely its size and transmission rate) and outline the apparently bright future of FDDI networks and their applications.<
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