IBM Token Ring Local Area Network

(last updated: 16-May-2015 09:31)
 

Books

  1. IBM's Token-Ring Networking Handbook; George C. Sackett; McGraw-Hill, 1993.
     
  2. Inside the Token-Ring, Second Edition; J. Scott Haugdahl; Architecture Technology Corporation, 1988.
     
  3. Local and Metropolitan Area Networks, Fifth Edition; William Stallings; Prentice Hall, 1996:
             Section 4.5: The IEEE 802 Standards
             Chapter 5:   Logical Link Control (LLC)
             Section 6.3: Token Ring
    
  4. OSI: A Model for Computer Communications Standards; Uyless Black; Prentice Hall, 1991 ("Token Ring-IEEE 802.5", pgs 144-147).
     
  5. Token Ring: Principles, Perspectives and Strategies; Hans-Georg Gohring and Franz-Joachim Kauffels; Addison-Wesley, 1992, reprinted 1994.
     
  6. The Token-Ring Management Guide; Nemzow; McGraw-Hill.
     
  7. Token Ring Network Design; David Bird; Addison-Wesley, 1994.
     
  8. Token Ring Networks; Jesper Nilansen; Prentice Hall, 1992.
     
  9. Token-Ring Networks: Characteristics, Operation, Construction and Management; Gilbert Held; John Wiley & Sons, 1994.
     
  10. Understanding Token Ring Protocols and Standards; James T. Carlo, Robert D. Love, Michael S. Siegel, and Kenneth T. Wilson; Artech House, 1998.

ANSI Standards

  1. ANSI/IEEE Standard 802.5: Token Ring Access Method and Physical Layer Specifications.
     
  2. ANSI/IEEE Standard 802.2: Logical Link Control.

Periodical Articles

  1. "A Local Communications Network Based on Interconnected Token-Access Rings: A Tutorial, IBMJRD 27:x Sep 1983.
     
  2. "Token-Ring Local Area Networks - An Introduction", IN 1:1 Jan 1987 pgs 8-9.
     
  3. "Lore of the Token Ring", IN 1:1 Jan 1987 pgs 11-18.
     
  4. "Standards for the Token Ring", IN 1:1 Jan 1987 pgs 19-22.
     
  5. "The IBM Token Ring Network: A Functional Overview", IN 1:1 Jan 1987 pgs 23-30.
     
  6. "Rings are 'Round for Good!", IN 1:1 Jan 1987 pgs 31-39.
     
  7. "Token-Ring Local Area Networks and Their Performance", PIEEE 77:2 Feb 1989 pgs 238-256.
     
  8. "Switching To Token Ring Networks", UW 6:8 Aug 1989 pgs 56-60.
     
  9. "Which LAN?", BYTE IBM Special Edition 14:11 1989 pgs 195-200.
     
  10. "Token-Ring: Poised for an Explosion" (reviews of token ring adapters), PCM 11:17 Oct 13 1992 pgs 333-370.
     
  11. "Around the Token-Ring", PCM 11:17 Oct 13 1992 pg 340.
     
  12. "Token Ring Switching: The Design Challenge", DC 24:2 Feb 1995 pgs 97-104.
     
  13. "A Closer Look at Token-Ring Switching", BCR 25:6 Jun 1995 pgs 20-22.

Web Pages and Websites

  1. Wikipedia article "Token ring".