star network

[′stär ¦net‚wərk]

(communications)

A communications network in which all communications between any two points must pass through a central node. Also known as centralized configuration.

(electricity)

A set of three or more branches with one terminal of each connected at a common node to give the form of a star. Also known as star connection.

star network

(networking)

A network topology where every node has a direct connection (only) to the central node, which might be a hub, switch, or server.

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star network

A communications network in which all terminals are connected to a central computer, controller or hub. Mainframes, telephone PBXs and Ethernet are examples. See star bus network and network topology.

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Star topology is the simplest implementation and do not require a network layer.

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It is interesting to see that the structure which procedure (B) made can be viewed as adhering each node of bipartite graph with a star topology.

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In this paper, two wireless network architectures characterized by multihop and star topology are first put forward.

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Firstly, star topology in which multisensor nodes are directly connected to one repeater has high-quality network reliability and this topology is normally one hop based to lower network overhead.

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Besides the star topology that naturally maps to the corresponding topology in IEEE 802.15.4, the ZigBee network layer also supports more complex topologies like a tree and a mesh [14].

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The USB physical interconnect is realized via star topology. A hub is at the center of each star topology.

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The introduction of a star topology to complement the standard serial topology enables designers to easily manage multi-chip architectures since the physical inter-device connections are greatly simplified.

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Traditionally, the hierarchical star topology based on copper and fiber has been used for these applications.

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(1,2) Some commonly employed topologies for reliable bus design include point-to-point, daisy chain, star topology and T topology.

Topology characteristics of reliable bus design: symmetry, minimized impedance discontinuities and balanced loading are preferred features