"Reliability Of Fiber Optic Lans"

Michael Code n; Frederick Scholl; W.Bryan Hatfield

doi:10.1117/12.937490

23 February 1987 "Reliability Of Fiber Optic Lans"

Michael Code n, Frederick Scholl, W.Bryan Hatfield

Proceedings Volume 0717, Reliability Considerations in Fiber Optic Applications; (1987) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.937490
Event: Cambridge Symposium-Fiber/LASE '86, 1986, Cambridge, MA, United States

Abstract

Fiber optic Local Area Network Systems are being used to interconnect increasing numbers of nodes. These nodes may include office computer peripherals and terminals, PBX switches, process control equipment and sensors, automated machine tools and robots, and military telemetry and communications equipment. The extensive shared base of capital resources in each system requires that the fiber optic LAN meet stringent reliability and maintainability requirements. These requirements are met by proper system design and by suitable manufacturing and quality procedures at all levels of a vertically integrated manufacturing operation. We will describe the reliability and maintainability of Codenoll's passive star based systems. These include LAN systems compatible with Ethernet (IEEE 802.3) and MAP (IEEE 802.4), and software compatible with IBM Token Ring (IEEE 802.5). No single point of failure exists in this system architecture.

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Michael Code n, Frederick Scholl, and W.Bryan Hatfield ""Reliability Of Fiber Optic Lans"", Proc. SPIE 0717, Reliability Considerations in Fiber Optic Applications, (23 February 1987); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.937490

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