FDDI Bus Description

FDDI [Fiber Distributed Data Interface] is a Local Area Network

(LAN) using Fiber-Optic cable in a [Dual] Token Ring topology.
Traffic in each ring flows in opposite directions (counterrotating). The dual-rings consist of a primary and a secondary
ring. The primary ring is used for data transmission, while the
secondary ring remains idle.The data rate is 100 Mbit/sec.
Transmission is defined in a data frame, using (NRZI) (which is
self clocking). FDDI uses 4B / 5B encoding.FDDI-2, supports the
transmission of voice and video information.Also FFDT; FDDI
Full Duplex Technology.Also CDDI; Copper Distributed Data
InterfaceAlso SDDI; Shielded twisted-pair Digital Data Interface.
Same as CDDI,CDDI uses MLT-3 line coding, which is a threevoltage-level encoding scheme. Uses Shielded Twisted Pair
[STP] at 150 ohm impedance, per EIA/TIA 568 or Unshielded
Twisted Pair [UTP] at Category 5; per EIA/TIA 568, with a
maximum length of 100 metersThe official name for CDDI is:
Twisted-Pair Physical Medium Dependent [TP-PMD] orFiberDistributed Data Interface [TP-DDI]

FDDI Data Bus Transfer Timing

Data is sent NRZI. A change in the data level indicates a logic 1,
no change indicates a logic 0. The data is sampled every 8nS.
CDDI uses MLT-3 line coding, which is a three-voltage-level
encoding scheme.

FDDI Online Standards

Information
... Media Access Control (MAC), ..... ANSI X3.139-1987, ISO
9314-2:1989... Physical Layer Protocol (PHY), ..... ANSI
X3.148-1988, ISO 9314-1:1989... Physical Layer, Medium
Dependent (PMD), ..... ANSI X3.166-1990, ISO 9314-3:1990...

Single Mode Fiber PMD (SMF-PMD), ..... ANSI X3.184-1993,

ISO 9314-4:199x... Low Cost Fiber PMD (LCF-PMD), .....
X3.237-1995, ISO 9314-9:199x... Twisted Pair PMD (TPPMD), ..... X3.263.1995, ISO 9314-10:199x... Physical Layer
Repeater (PHY-REP), ..... X3.278-199x

MIL-HDBK-818 - Survivable Adaptable Fiber Optic Embedded

Network (SAFENET)