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OCR: FULL-DUPLEX TOKEN RING ADAPTER Receive lobe Transmit lobe Physical layer MAC layer System interface Receive buffers Transmit buffers FIGURE 2: Becouse o full-duplex Token Ring link is pointo-point, a token isn't required. The repeat path is used lo carry data, not the token. When a packet is ready for transmission, it is immediately placed upon the wire.