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Everything about Medium-dependent interface
Interface between a network device and the data link it communicates over
A medium-dependent interface (MDI) describes the interface in a computer network from a physical-layer implementation to the physical medium used to carry the transmission. Ethernet over twisted pair also defines a medium-dependent interface – crossover (MDI-X) interface. Auto–MDI-X ports on newer network interfaces detect if the connection would require a crossover and automatically choose the MDI or MDI-X configuration to complement the other end of the link. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Medium-dependent interfaceA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Numerical modeling of drying from saturated to unsaturated conditions with two-phase partitioning boundaries at the medium surface and interface-dependent phase changeInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Data Communications and NetworkingThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Medium-Dependent Self-Assembly of an Amphiphilic Peptide: Direct Observation of Peptide Phase Domains at the Air−Water InterfaceCited 37 times
- Go sideways: Ethernet crossover cableA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Ethernet over twisted pairA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Medium-Dependent Self-Assembly of an Amphiphilic Peptide: Direct Observation of Peptide Phase Domains at the Air−Water Interface
Layer thickness dependent interface strengthening of nanolayered W/NbMoTaW medium-entropy alloys
Coherent Manipulation of the Angular-Dependent Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensing at the Interface of Dielectric Medium and Graphene
Coherent Manipulation of the Surface Plasmon Polaritons Resonance Sensing at the Conductivity-Dependent Dielectric Medium and Graphene Interface
A crack on the interface between a linear elastic medium and a stress-state dependent physically nonlinear medium
🆕 Influential since 2022
📚 Books worth reading
Data Communications and NetworkingBehrouz A. Forouzan, Catherine Ann Coombs · 2000
The Conspirators HierarchyJohn Coleman · 1992
NanosystemsK. Eric Drexler · 1992- 📕Interconnection of equipment · 1987
Instabilities in Multiphase FlowsG. Gouesbet · 1993- 📕Computational methods for electromagnetic and optical systemsJohn M. Jarem · 2011
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🔗 Related topics
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