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FiberDistributedDataInterface
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FiberDistributedDataInterface(FDDI)isastandardfordata
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underlyingphysicalmedium,althoughitwasalsolaterspecifiedtouse
coppercable,inwhichcaseitmaybecalledCDDI(CopperDistributed
DataInterface),standardizedasTPPMD(TwistedPairPhysicalMedium
Dependent),alsoreferredtoasTPDDI(TwistedPairDistributedData
Interface).
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Description
Topology
Frameformat
Deployment
Standards
Notes
References
DualattachFDDIboard
Description
FDDIprovidesa100Mbit/sopticalstandardfordatatransmissioninlocalareanetworkthatcanextendinrange
upto200kilometers(120mi).AlthoughFDDIlogicaltopologyisaringbasedtokennetwork,itdidnotusethe
IEEE802.5tokenringprotocolasitsbasisinstead,itsprotocolwasderivedfromtheIEEE802.4tokenbustimed
[Link],FDDIlocalareanetworkscansupportthousands
[Link](DAS),counterrotatingtokenringtopologyandaSingle
AttachedStation(SAS),tokenbuspassingringtopology.[1]
FDDI,asaproductofAmericanNationalStandardsInstituteX3T9.5(nowX3T12),conformstotheOpenSystems
Interconnection(OSI)[Link]
1980s.[2]FDDIII,aversionofFDDIdescribedin1989,addedcircuitswitchedservicecapabilitytothenetwork
sothatitcouldalsohandlevoiceandvideosignals.[3]WorkstartedtoconnectFDDInetworkstosynchronous
opticalnetworking(SONET)technology.
AFDDInetworkcontainstworings,[Link]
offersupto100Mbit/[Link],itcan
alsocarrydata,extendingcapacityto200Mbit/[Link]
canextend100km(62mi).FDDIhadalargermaximumframesize(4,352bytes)thanthestandardEthernet
family,whichonlysupportsamaximumframesizeof1,500bytes,[a]allowingbettereffectivedataratesinsome
cases.
Topology
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DesignersnormallyconstructedFDDIringsinanetworktopologysuchasa"dualringoftrees".Asmallnumber
ofdevices,typicallyinfrastructuredevicessuchasroutersandconcentratorsratherthanhostcomputers,were
"dualattached"[Link]
[Link],a
computerroomcontainedthewholedualring,althoughsomeimplementationsdeployedFDDIasametropolitan
areanetwork.[4]
FDDIrequiresthisnetworktopologybecausethedualringactuallypassesthrougheachconnecteddeviceand
[Link],
[Link]
thatmightnotcomeunderthecontrolofthenetworkmanagersarenotsuitableforconnectiontothedualring.
Asanalternativetousingadualattachedconnection,aworkstationcanobtainthesamedegreeofresilience
[Link]
[Link],thebackup
linktakesoverwithnoperceptibledelay.
Frameformat
TheFDDIdataframeformatis:
PA
SD
FC
DA
SA
PDU
FCS ED/FS
16bits 8bits 8bits 48bits 48bits upto4478x8bits 32bits 16bits
WherePAisthepreamble,SDisastartdelimiter,FCisframecontrol,DAisthedestinationaddress,SAisthe
sourceaddress,PDUistheprotocoldataunit(orpacketdataunit),FCSistheframecheckSequence(or
checksum),andED/[Link]
standardfortransmissionoftheInternetProtocol(whichwouldbetheprotocoldataunitinthiscase)[Link]
wasfirstproposedinJune1989[5]andrevisedin1990.[6]Someaspectsoftheprotocolwerecompatiblewiththe
[Link],the48bitMACaddressesthatbecamepopularwiththe
[Link](ARP)couldbecommonaswell.[6]
Deployment
FDDIwasconsideredanattractivecampusbackbonenetworktechnologyintheearlytomid1990ssinceexisting
Ethernetnetworksonlyoffered10Mbit/sdataratesandtokenringnetworksonlyoffered4Mbit/sor16Mbit/s
[Link].By1994,vendorsincludedCiscoSystems,National
Semiconductor,NetworkPeripherals,SysKonnect(acquiredbyMarvellTechnologyGroup),and3Com.[7]
FDDIwaseffectivelymadeobsoleteinlocalnetworksbyFastEthernetwhichofferedthesame100Mbit/sspeeds,
butatamuchlowercostand,since1998,byGigabitEthernetduetoitsspeed,andevenlowercost,andubiquity.[8]
Standards
FDDIstandardsincluded:[9]
ANSIX3.1391987,MediaAccessControl(MAC)alsoISO93142
ANSIX3.1481988,PhysicalLayerProtocol(PHY)alsoISO93141
ANSIX3.1661989,PhysicalMediumDependent(PMD)alsoISO93143
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ANSIX3.1841993,SingleModeFiberPhysicalMediumDependent(SMFPMD)alsoISO93144
ANSIX3.2291994,StationManagement(SMT)alsoISO93146
Notes
[Link]'smaximumframesizeto9,000bytes
References
[Link](1994).FDDIandFDDIII:architecture,protocols,[Link]
House.ISBN9780890066331.
[Link](May1986)."FDDIAtutorial".[Link].24(5):10
[Link].1109/MCOM.1986.1093085.
[Link](October10,1989)."FDDIIIoperationandarchitectures".Proceedingsofthe14th
[Link].doi:10.1109/LCN.1989.65243.ISBN0818619686.
[Link](June29,1988)."FDDIII:AHighSpeedIntegratedServiceLAN".SixthEuropeanFibreOptic
[Link].ISBN9781568510552.
ReprintedinFiberOpticMetropolitanAreaNetworks(MANs)19841991
[Link](June1989)."AProposedStandardfortheTransmissionofIPDatagramsoverFDDINetworks".RFC1103.
IETF.RetrievedAugust15,2013.
[Link](June1989)."AProposedStandardfortheTransmissionofIPDatagramsoverFDDINetworks".RFC1183.
IETF.RetrievedAugust15,2013.
[Link](March21,1994)."WadingThroughPlethoraofOptionsPosesChallengeforLifeontheFastLAN".
[Link].41,44,4649.RetrievedAugust15,2013.
[Link],SubratKar,[Link](2003).OpticalFiberCommunication:[Link]
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9."fiberdistributeddatainterface(FDDI)".Telecommunications:GlossaryofTelecommunicationTerms,FederalStandard
[Link].August7,1996.RetrievedAugust15,2013.
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