Chapter 7. Packet Ring Technologies
This chapter includes the following sections:
Ethernet Services— This section discusses the ubiquitous nature of Ethernet and examines the need to carry Ethernet end to end in a consistent packet format from start to finish throughout the entire transport path. This would eliminate the need for additional layers of protocol and synchronization that result in extra costs and complexities. This section also compares various metropolitan-area network (MAN) technologies, such as Gigabit Ethernet (GE) and multiservice provisioning platforms (MSPPs). It provides a fair comparison of both technologies along with an introduction to the shared packet ring (SPR) and resilient packet ring (RPR) features that can be implemented ...
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