packet switching is a method of grouping data into short messages in fixed format, i.e. packets, that are transmitted over a digital network. Packets...
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A packet-switching node is a node in a packet-switching network that contains data switches and equipment for controlling, formatting, transmitting, routing...
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In telecommunications, fast packet switching is a variant of packet switching that increases the throughput by eliminating overhead associated with flow...
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packet switching and the associated communication protocols on the local-area NPL network. By 1973, BPO-T engineers had developed a packet-switching communication...
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contrasts with message switching and packet switching used in modern digital networks in which the trunklines between switching centres carry data between...
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satisfy different types of traffic. Multiprotocol label switching belongs to the family of packet-switched networks. MPLS operates at a layer that is generally...
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History of the Internet (section Packet switching)
message blocks in the early 1960s, and Donald Davies conceived of packet switching in 1965 at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), proposing a national...
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and computer networking, a network packet is a formatted unit of data carried by a packet-switched network. A packet consists of control information and...
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Computer network (section Network packet)
including circuit switching networks and packet switched networks. In packet-switched networks, routing protocols direct packet forwarding through intermediate...
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Multi-layer switching combines layer-2, -3 and -4 switching technologies and provides high-speed scalability with low latency. Multi-layer switching can move...
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switching involves messages routed in their entirety, one hop at a time. It evolved from circuit switching and was the precursor of packet switching....
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Virtual circuit (redirect from Virtual circuit switching)
(VC) is a means of transporting data over a data network, based on packet switching and in which a connection is first established across the network between...
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digital radio, packet radio is the application of packet switching techniques to digital radio communications. Packet radio uses a packet switching protocol...
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Public data network (redirect from Public switched data network)
the public switched telephone network (PSTN). A PSDN may use a variety of switching technologies, including packet switching, circuit switching, and message...
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the network. He incorporated Donald Davies' concepts and designs for packet switching, and sought input from Paul Baran on dynamic routing. In 1969, ARPA...
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between the yet unfeasible full optical packet switching (OPS) and the mostly static optical circuit switching (OCS). It differs from these paradigms because...
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cut-through switching, also called cut-through forwarding is a method for packet switching systems, wherein the switch starts forwarding a frame (or packet) before...
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on a computer network by using packet switching to receive and forward data to the destination device. A network switch is a multiport network bridge that...
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In a packet switched network, burst switching is a capability in which each network switch extracts routing instructions from an incoming packet header...
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mobile switching center server is a part of the redesigned MSC concept starting from 3GPP Release 4. The mobile switching center server is a soft-switch variant...
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Donald Davies (category Packets (information technology))
implementation of packet switching in the local-area NPL network in 1966-69 to demonstrate the technology. Many of the wide-area packet-switched networks built...
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were operating on the basis of circuit switching, alternatives to which are message switching or packet switching. Bob Taylor became the director of the...
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Paul Baran (category Packets (information technology))
computer networks. He was one of the two independent inventors of packet switching, which is today the dominant basis for data communications in computer...
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he applied queueing theory to model and measure the performance of packet switching networks and published several of the standard works on the subject...
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GPRS core network (redirect from Packet Switched Core Network)
of the GSM network switching subsystem. The network provides mobility management, session management and transport for IP packet services in GSM and...
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NPL network (category Packets (information technology))
Physical Laboratory (NPL) in London that pioneered the concept of packet switching. Based on designs first conceived by Donald Davies in 1965, development...
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Datagram (category Packets (information technology))
the first multi-node packet-switching network. An accompanying paper described its switching nodes (the IMPs) and its packet formats. The network core...
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X.25 (section X.25 packet types)
functionality not found in the OSI network layer. An X.25 WAN consists of packet-switching exchange (PSE) nodes as the networking hardware, and leased lines,...
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Statistical time-division multiplexing (redirect from Packet mode)
Data fragmentation Dynamic bandwidth allocation Dynamic TDMA Packet Packet switching Example of Statistical Multiplexing (Chart from a real DVB-T multiplex)...
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enabled the time-sharing of computer resources, the development of packet switching in the 1960s and the design of computer networks for data communication...
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