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X-NET: a dual bus fiber-optic LAN using active switches

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SIGCOMM '89: Symposium proceedings on Communications architectures & protocols

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https://doi.org/10.1145/75246.75255

Published: 01 August 1989 Publication History

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X-Net is a new local area network based on the dual, unidirectional bus topology. Stations are connected to two fiber-optic busses using active switches. At light load, X-Net behaves as a random access scheme. With increasing load, transmissions are done in an orderly manner, arranged into cycles.

The main advantage of X-Net is its superior channel utilization and delay performance, compared to other bus schemes. The packet delay is bounded at all loads. Performance is shown to be satisfactory over a wide range of a values, where a is the ratio of end-to-end medium propagation delay to the packet transmission time. Therefore, X-Net is a suitable candidate for operation at high speeds.

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