HUSTRING—A LOCAL AREA NETWORK WITH PERFORMANCE BETTER THAN TOKEN RING

HUSTRING, a local area network named after the Harbin University of Science and Technology, uses a combination of token-passing approach and register insertion technology as its medium access control mechanism. The results of theoretical analysis and computer simulation indicate that the real-time performance of the HUSTRING is much better than that of the well-known token-ring local area network.The network topology of the HUSTRING, the architecture of its physical layer, medium access layer and logic link layer and the configuration of its ring interface are describedand its performance is compared with the token ring local area network.