1st, 2nd, and next generation LANs

Provides a comprehensive guide to networking options currently on the market and those soon to become available. The author describes the latest developments in ATM-based LANs, the latest LAN interconnection technologies such as frame relay and cell relay, FDDI, FDDI II and FCS.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Minoli, Daniel 1952-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York McGraw-Hill 1994
Series:McGraw-Hill series on computer communications
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Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. Introduction
  • Ch. 2. The Changing Environment of the 1990s: Leading the Way to Third-Generation LANs
  • Ch. 3. LAN Basics: First-Generation Lower Layers
  • Ch. 4. LAN Basics: First-Generation Upper Layers
  • Ch. 5. Related LAN Standards
  • Ch. 6. Network Management Issues
  • Ch. 7. Connecting Dispersed LANs
  • Ch. 8. Second-Generation LANs: Fiber-distributed Data Interface
  • Ch. 9. Third-Generation LANs: Gigabit Systems
  • Ch. 10. Gigabit Systems for Supercomputers: Fibre Channel Standard.