The QPSX MAN
- 1 April 1988
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Communications Magazine
- Vol. 26 (4), 20-28
- https://doi.org/10.1109/35.443
Abstract
The authors discuss QPSX (queued packet and synchronous switch), a distributed switch/network that will fulfil the requirements of a public metropolitan area network (MAN) and has wide telephone industry support. The dual-bus architecture of QPSX and its extension, the looped-bus architecture, are described. The architecture of the public MAN is examined, particularly with respect to QPSX as a proposal for IEE P802.6 standardization. The distributed queueing protocol, segmentation and reassembly scheme, and reliability features of the QPSX network are discussed.Keywords
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