ANSI/INCITS 166-1989(R1995)

The FDDI provides a high bandwidth general purpose interconnection among computers and peripheral equipment using fiber optics as the tansmissin medium. The PMD provides the digital basband point-to-point communication between stations in the FDDI network and shall provide all services necessary to transport a suitably coded digital bit stream from station to station. PMD also specifies the point of interconnection requirements for conforming FDDI stations and cable plants at both sides of the Media Interface Connector (MIC).