The inherent disadvantages associated with CSMA/CD (Ethernet) led us to seek an alternative and investigate modifications of the Distributed Queue Dual Bus protocol. Upon understanding the use of a dual bus architecture in a Local Area Network, a new data communication protocol, based on DQDB was implemented for the LAN topology. This new protocol, named HydraNet, uses the concept of a hub based dual bus topology, yielding an efficient and scalable LAN architecture. We succeeded in implementing analog and digital hardware and software system demonstrating our new LAN.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Hanscom, Jeffrey Charles
• Bartlett, Jeffrey Appleton
• Chawla, Harish

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 99D138M

Advisor

• Cyganski, David

Year

• 1999

Date created

• 1999-01-01

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Electrical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright