Gigabit Ethernet Implementation: The Case of a Large New Zealand Organization

International Journal of Business Data Communications and Networking (IJBDCN)

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 59-77

  Sarkar, Nurul I ^a   Byrne, Catherine ^b   al Qirim, Nabeel A Y ^c  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b Tonkin & Taylor Ltd ^*  (New Zealand)

^c UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

access method; bandwidth; CSMA CD; data link layer; delay; Gigabit Ethernet; local area network; throughput

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001799567     PISSN: 15480631     EISSN: 1548064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jbdcn.2006100105     Document Type: Article

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