The evolutionary growth of the Space Station and the diverse activities onboard are expected to require a hierarchy of integrated,local area networks capable of supporting data, voice and video communications. In addition, fault tolerant network operation is necessary to protect communications between critical systems attached to the net and to relieve the valuable human resources onboard Space Station of day-to-day data system repair tasks. An experimental, local area network is being developed which will serve as a testbed for investigating candidate algorithms and technologies for a fault tolerant, integrated network. The establishment of a set of rules or protocols which govern communications on the net is essential to obtain orderly and reliable operation. A hierarchy of protocols for the experimental network is presented and procedures for data and control communications are described.


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    Title :

    Communications Protocols for a Fault Tolerant, Integrated Local Area Network for Space Station Applications


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1984


    Size :

    51 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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