Design of Interfactory Computer Network Interconnection

Abstract

During the last decade, the expansion of local area computer networks has been impressive, regarding industrial applications as well as office implementation. This developping trades do not seem to stop in the near future [1]. On the other hand, the public data and telephone networks are continuously changing from amalog to digiatal techniques, reinforcing their reliability, ensuring the transimission of any kind of information (voice, data, image) over large distances with very low transmission error probabilities. New kinds of telecommunications networks have been appeared, for example, Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs), Cable Television Networks, Videotex Networks et.c. As a result, the necessity to interconnect all these telecommunications facilities into one integrated network has become apparent. This enormous ability of information transfer angments the productivity and the automation of any job giving to people the possibility to be supervisors rather and not hardworkers.