Switching
Switching
Switching
Here the network connection allows the electrical current and the associated
voice with it to flow in between the two respective users. The end to end
communication was established during the duration of call.
In circuit switching the routing decision is made when the path is set up
across the given network. After the link has been sets in between the sender
and the receiver then the information is forwarded continuously over the
provided link.
Packet Switching
In Packet Switching, messages are broken up into packets and each of which
includes a header with source, destination and intermediate node address
information. Individual Packets in packet switching technique take different routes to
reach their respective destination. Independent routing of packets is done in this
case for following reasons:
1. Bandwidth is reduces by the splitting of data onto different routes for a busy
circuit.
2. For a certain link in the network, the link goes down during transmission the
the remaining packet can be sent through the another route.
The major advantage of Packet switching is that they they are used for
performing data rate conversion.
When traversing the network switches, routers or the other network nodes
then the packets are buffered in the queue, resulting in variable delay and
throughput depending on the networks capacity and the traffic load on
network.
Message Switching
Each intermediate device receive the message and store it until the nest
device is ready to receive it and then this message is forwarded to the next
device. For this reason a message switching network is sometimes called as
Store and Forward Switching.
Message switches can be programmed with the information about the most
efficient route as well as information regarding to the near switches that can
be used for forwarding the present message to their required destination.
The storing and Forwarding introduces the concept of delay. For this reasons
this switching is not recommended for real time applications like voice and
video.