Token Ring
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Token Ring |
A ring topology for a local area network (LAN) in which
a supervisory frame, or token, must be received by an
attached terminal or workstation before that terminal or
workstation can start transmitting. The workstation with
the token then transmits and uses the entire bandwidth
of whatever communications media the token ring network
is using. The most common wiring scheme is called
a star-wired ring. Only one data packet can be passed
along the ring at a time. If the data packet goes around
the ring without being claimed, it eventually makes its
way back to the sender. The IEEE standard for Token
Ring is 802.5.
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