telecommunications, packet switching is a method of grouping data into packets that are transmitted over a digital network. Packets are made of a header...
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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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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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contrasts with message switching and packet switching used in modern digital networks in which the trunklines between switching centers carry data between...
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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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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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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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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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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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the network. He incorporated Donald Davies' concepts and designs for packet switching, and sought input from Paul Baran on dynamic routing. In 1968, ARPA...
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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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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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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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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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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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Donald Davies (category Packets (information technology))
During 1965-67 he invented modern data communications, including packet switching, high-speed routers, communication protocols, hierarchical networks...
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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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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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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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Network scheduler (redirect from Packet shaping)
scheduler, also called packet scheduler, queueing discipline (qdisc) or queueing algorithm, is an arbiter on a node in a packet switching communication network...
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Datagram (category Packets (information technology))
Davies published a seminal article in which he introduced the packet and packet switching. His proposed core network is similar to the one proposed by...
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The 5ESS Switching System is a Class 5 telephone electronic switching system developed by Western Electric for the American Telephone and Telegraph Company...
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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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enabled the time-sharing of computer resources and the development of packet switching in the 1960s. The set of rules (communication protocols) to enable...
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clock in 1955, and the invention and pioneering implementation of packet switching in the 1960s, which is today one of the fundamental technologies of...
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of packet processing is the history of the Internet and packet switching. Packet processing milestones include: 1962–1968: Early research into packet switching...
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