Request for Comments (5)
High-Speed Network Technology (cont)
- Fast Ethernet - 100baseT -real Ethernet, identical access method and frame format, very easy to integrate with 10baseT, inexpensive, high bandwidth
- Switched Ethernet and Full-duplex Ethernet - dedicated bandwidth for each computer, collision free segments, full-duplex effectively doubles the bandwidth
Major Backbone Design
- Request for Comments / Technology / Proposal
- ATM backbone
- Non-ATM switched backbone (FDDI, Fast Ethernet)
- Radical changes vs incremental changes
- Decision, Purchases, Tests, Implementation