Two fiber-ribbon ring networks for parallel and distributed computing systems

Optical Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3196-3204

  Jonsson, Magnus ^a,b  

^a HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fiber ribbon; Fiber optic communication; Parallel processing; Real time communication; Ring network

Indexed keywords

EID: 1442270002     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.601996     Document Type: Article

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