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VA Technical Reference Model v 24.3

ISO 9314 Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI)
ISO 9314 Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) Standard or Specification

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Description: International Organization for Standardization / International Electrotechnical Commission (ISO/IEC) 9314: Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) provides a 100 megabits per second (Mbit/s) optical standard for data transmission in a local area network that can extend in range up to 200 kilometers (124 miles). Although FDDI logical topology is a ring-based token network, it does not use the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.5 token ring protocol as its basis; instead, its protocol is derived from the IEEE 802.4 token bus timed token protocol. In addition to covering large geographical areas, FDDI local area networks can support thousands of users. As a standard underlying medium, it uses optical fiber, but can use copper cable, in which case, it may be referred to as Copper Distributed Data Interface (CDDI). FDDI offers both a Dual-Attached Station (DAS), counter-rotating token ring topology and a Single-Attached Station (SAS), token bus passing ring topology.
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Decision Source: TRM Mgmt Group
Decision Process: One-VA TRM v22.7
Decision Date: 07/29/2022 at 17:25:07 UTC
Introduced By: TRMSP
Standards Body: ISO
- The information contained on this page is accurate as of the Decision Date (07/29/2022 at 17:25:07 UTC).