STAR: A transparent spanning tree bridge protocol with alternate routing

Computer Communication Review

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 33-46

  Lui, King Shan ^a   Lee, Whay Chiou ^b   Nahrstedt, Klara ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b MOTOROLA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE PROTOCOL; END-TO-END PERFORMANCE; SPANNING TREE ALTERNATE ROUTING (STAR);

COST EFFECTIVENESS; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; ROUTERS;

NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

EID: 33645756832     PISSN: 01464833     EISSN: 01464833     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/571697.571722     Document Type: Conference Paper

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