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3 - 2 Other LAN Techniques

(1) FDDI (Fiber-Distributed Data Interface)

FDDI is a LAN that is implemented by developing a ring LAN, and is a network having a transmission capacity of approximately 100 Mbps that uses an optical fiber cable as the backbone cable. It includes FDDI-I that is centered on packet switching and FDDI-II that can transmit voice and images.

(2) High-speed Ethernet

High-speed Ethernet is a LAN that achieves high-speed data transmission by inheriting the concept of the IEEE 802.3 bus LAN (i.e., Ethernet). 10BASE-T (i.e., 10 Mbps), which was popular in the past, is used as the reference for high-speed data transmission.

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(3) ATM-LAN

ATM-LAN is a high-speed LAN that uses the ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) technique. This is a network that can transmit multimedia data, such as moving images, at a high speed.