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GROUP 2 3/10/2024

UNIT 2: Data transmission


TOPIC 2.2: PACKET SWITCHING

SOURCE:
COURSEBOOK

COMPUTER SCIENCE
Group members:
 GWIZA INEZA LAIZA
 IHIRWE ALLEN BRIAN
 ILIZA CHLOÉ
 INTSINZI BETHEL
KEY WORDS
• Packet switching: a method of transmitting packets across a network.
• Network: computer and devices that are joined together using cables or
wireless technology.
• Router: a network component that examines a data packet to obtain its
destination address and forwards the packet to the address.
• Packet: small units sent over the internet.
PACKET SWITCHING
• You have learnt that data is broken down into packets to be sent from one
device to another. The process of transmitting these packets is called
packet switching. In this process, each packet of data is sent individually
from one device to another. There could be several path ways across a
network that the packets could be transmitted. Each data packet could be
sent along a different pathway. A router is the device that controls which
pathway will be used to transmit each packet.
CONT
• The packets of data start at device A, they could be transmitted down any
of the pathways between device A and device B. Each packet can be sent
using a different pathway. When a packet reaches a router, the router
decides which pathway to send the packet along next. This will continue
until all the packets have arrived at device B. It is like that the packets
will arrive out of order. Once all packets have arrived, they are reordered
to recreate the file.
Router
2

Router
1
Device
B

Device A Router 3

Router 4
Router 5

A NETWORK
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ATTENTION

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