Performance of rapid spanning tree protocol in access and metro networks

Proceedings of the AccessNets 2007 - Second International Conference on Access Networks and Workshops

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Pallos, Richárd ^a   Farkas, János ^a   Moldován, István ^b   Lukovszki, Csaba ^b  

^a ERICSSON RESEARCH   (Hungary)

^b BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Convergence; Ethernet; Recovery; RSTP

Indexed keywords

BRIDGES; COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; ELECTRIC MEASURING BRIDGES; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT TESTING; ETHERNET; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS; OFFICE AUTOMATION; STANDARDS; TOPOLOGY;

ACCESS NETWORK (ANET); EXPERIMENTAL PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; FAIL OVER; FAST RECOVERY; FAULT HANDLING; HIGH BANDWIDTH; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; LOW COST SOLUTION; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; METRO NETWORKS; NETWORK TOPOLOGIES; PROCESSING TIMES; RAPID SPANNING TREE PROTOCOLS; REAL ENVIRONMENTS; RECOVERY TIME; SIMULATION RESULTS;

NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

EID: 47249123079     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ACCESSNETS.2007.4447112     Document Type: Conference Paper

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