EN 2199314-1 : 1993

Committees responsible
National foreword
Specification
1. Scope
2. Normative references
3. Definitions
4. Conventions and abbreviations
5. General description
6. Services
7. Facilities
8. Operation
Tables
1. Symbol coding
Figures
1. FDDI physical connection example
2. An example of a FDDI PHY functional block diagram
3. Smoother state diagram
4. Repeat filter state diagram

Describes the Physical Layer Protocol and the upper sublayer of the Physical Layer, for Fibre Distributed Data Interface. FDDI provides a high-bandwidth, general purpose interconnection among computers and peripheral equipment using fibre optics as the transmission medium. Can be configured to support a sustained transfer rate of approximately 80 Mbit/s. It may not meet the response time requirements of all unbuffered high-speed devices. FDDI establishes connections among many stations distributes over distances of several kilometers in extent. Default values for FDDI were calculated on the basis of 1000 physical links and a total fibre path length 200 km.