METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UTILIZATION OF DUAL LATENCY STATIONS FOR PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT OF TOKEN RING NETWORKS

摘要

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UTILIZATION OFDUAL LATENCY STATIONS FOR PERFORMANCEIMPROVEMENT OF TOKEN RING NETWORKSABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSUREThis invention is directed to a method andapparatus for improving the performance of a token ringnetwork. More particularly, the method and apparatusinvolve bypassing the encode-decode step in a station ina token ring network thereby enabling the station tofunction at a lower latency state whenever the stationhas an empty message queue. A method of reducing timedelay in the stations of a token ring network whichcomprises bypassing the encode and decode steps in astation whenever that station has an empty messagequeue.