Token Ring - Network architecture

TOKEN RING NETWORK ARCHITECTURE

Some features included in a Token Ring network are:
1. Star wired ring topology.
2. Token Passing access method.
3. STP and UTP (IBM Types 1, 2, and 3) cabling.
4. Transfer rates of 4 and 16 Mbps.
5. Baseband transmission.
6. 802.5 specidication.
The basic format of a Token Ring data frame is shown below:

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Network Interface Card

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ISDN & FDDI

Start delimeter indicates start of the frame.
Access control indicates the frame priority and whether it is a token or a data frame.
Frame control contains either Media Access Control information for all computers or "end station" information for only 1 computer.
Destination address indicates the address of the computer to receive the frame.
Source address indicates the computer that sent the frame.
Information or Data means the data being sent.
Frame check sequence is a CRC error-checking information.
End delimeter indicates the end of the frame.
Frame status tells whether the frame was recognized, copied, or whether the destination address was available.