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Switching

Techniques

Circuit Switching

Message Switching

Packet Switching
Switching
Technique
● Process of exchanging information between two
communication devices.
● Technique in which the host/nodes of a network
transmit data to other hosts/nodes
Types of Switching
Techniques
● Circuit Switching
● Message
Switching
● Package
Switching
Circuit
Switching

Important
Property:
● This technique establishes a physical connection
To set up an
end-to-end between source and destination computers before
path between data transmission.
computers ● Once a connection is established, a dedicated path
exists between both ends until the connection is
terminated.
Circuit
Switching
Message Switching
● In message switching, end users communicate by sending and receiving
messages that include the entire data to be shared. Messages are the smallest
individual unit.
● Also known as: Hop-by-Hop system (transfer of data with number of intermediate
nodes),
store and forward (store first, in office,forward later, one jump at a time)
Message
Switching
STORE &
FORWARD

Important
Properties:
● Store and
STORE & STORE & Forward
FORWARD FORWARD
● Message
Delivery
Packet Switching
● It is a method to transfer data to a
network in the form of packets.
● Data is broken into small pieces of fixed
size called packets to transfer the file
fast and in an efficient manner.
● Once it reaches the destination, all the
packets belonging to the same file
reassembles.
Packet Switching

User-A
User-C

User-B User-D

(Each packet contains a header , which includes information about the packet’s source and
destination, as well as the data payload)
Message vs Packet Switching
Message Switching Packet Switching

• There is no limit on block size with • Packet switching places a tight upper
message switching limit on block size. A fixed size is
• In Message Switching, data packets are • specified.
In Packet switching, all the packets of
stored in the disk fixed size are stored in main memory.

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