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Ring Topology<br />

Figure 1.3. The bus <strong>to</strong>pology.<br />

Ring <strong>to</strong>pology uses lengths of transmission media <strong>to</strong> connect <strong>the</strong> nodes (see Figure<br />

1.4). Each node is attached <strong>to</strong> its neighbor. The transmission signal moves around<br />

<strong>the</strong> ring in one direction and is repeated, instead of just passed, as it moves from<br />

node <strong>to</strong> node. When a station transmits a data message, <strong>the</strong> transmission is picked<br />

up by <strong>the</strong> next station on <strong>the</strong> ring, examined, <strong>the</strong>n retransmitted <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> downstream<br />

neighbor. This process is continued until <strong>the</strong> transmitted signal is returned <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

host that started <strong>the</strong> transmission, which <strong>the</strong>n removes <strong>the</strong> data from <strong>the</strong> <strong>network</strong>.

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