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Ethernet: Distributed packet switching for local computer networks (1976)
| Venue: | COMMUN. ACM |
| Citations: | 468 - 2 self |
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@ARTICLE{Metcalfe76ethernet:distributed,
author = {Robert M. Metcalfe and David R. Boggs},
title = {Ethernet: Distributed packet switching for local computer networks},
journal = {COMMUN. ACM},
year = {1976},
pages = {404}
}
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Abstract
Ethernet is a branching broadcast communication system for carrying digital data packets among locally distributed computing stations. The packet transport mechanism provided by Ethernet has been used to build systems which can be viewed as either local computer networks or loosely coupled multiprocessors. An Ethernet's shared communication facility, its Ether, is a passive broadcast medium with no central control. Coordination of access to the Ether for packet broadcasts is distributed among the contending transmitting stations using controlled statistical arbitration. Switching of packets to their destinations on the Ether is distributed among the receiving stations using packet address recognition. Design principles and implementation are described based on experience.with an operating Ethernet of1 00 nodes along a kilometer of coaxial cable. A model for estimating performance under heavy loads and a packet protocol for error-controlled communication are included for completeness.
Keyphrases
local computer network packet address recognition operating ethernet computing station broadcast communication system passive broadcast medium transmitting station error-controlled communication packet broadcast coaxial cable heavy load central control packet transport mechanism coupled multiprocessor controlled statistical arbitration packet protocol design principle digital data packet receiving station communication facility
