IEEE 802.17B Standard for Information technology. Telecommunications and information exchange between systems. Local and metropolitan area networks. Specific requirements Part 17: Resilient packet ring (RPR) access method and physical layer specifications

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Title
Standard for Information technology. Telecommunications and information exchange between systems. Local and metropolitan area networks. Specific requirements Part 17: Resilient packet ring (RPR) access method and physical layer specifications

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.

Publication Date:
Mar 8, 2007

Scope:

This standard defines a resilient packet ring access protocol for use in local, metropolitan, and wide area networks, along with appropriate physical layer specifications for transfer of data packets at rates scalable to multiple gigabits per second.

Keywords:

resilient packet ring (RPR)

physical layer

metropolitan area network (MAN)

medium access control

layer management

protection switching

ring topology

fairness

topology detection

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