|
Essay Archive - Computer Communications: Bus Network
Computer Communications: Bus Network
Bus Network, in computer science, a topology (configuration) for a local
area network in which all nodes are connected to a main communications line
(bus). On a bus network, each node monitors activity on the line. Messages are
detected by all nodes but are accepted only by the node(s) to which they are
addressed. Because a bus network relies on a common data “highway,” a
malfunctioning node simply ceases to communicate; it doesn't disrupt operation
as it might on a ring network, in which messages are passed from one node to the
next. To avoid collisions that occur when two or ....
|
