National Ignition Facility (NIF) Control Network Design and Analysis

2001/11/26 by R. M. Bryant, R. W. Carey, R. V. Claybourn +2
Physics and Astronomy · #physics.ins-det

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published as eConf C011127 (2001) THDT004 · 3 pages, 2 figures, ICALEPCS 2001

arxiv created 2001/11/26 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

This paper describes the requirements, design, and analysis of the control network for the National Ignition Facility (NIF). The network uses Ethernet technology throughout and ATM is used for efficient digital video transport.

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