A.DPT/RPRusesabi-directionalringconsistingoftwosymmetriccounterrotatingfibrerings.
B.DPT/RPRisdefinedintheIEEE802.17standardanditusesTokenBucketsystemtoavoidcollisions onthefiber.
C.InDPT/RPRrings,datapacketscanbesentinonedirection(downstream)andthecorresponding controlpacketsintheoppositedirection(upstream),thususingbothfibresconcurrentlytomaximise bandwidth.
D.DPT/RPRcanbedeployedintheCoreoftheSPnetworkswherepoint-to-pointPOSlinksareusedtomakebestuseoftheBandwidth.