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Question: What is difference between packet switching and circuit switching ?
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| July 07, 2006 06:10:54 |
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| Diwakar Agarwal |
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RE: What is difference between packet switching and ci... |
1. Circuit switching establishes the predefined path for data to travel from source to destination and vice-versa.whereas, data in packet switching travels different path from source to destination and vice-versa.
2. Circuit switching reserved some bandwidth for data transmission.whereas, packet switching doesnot.
3. Circuit switching is anology to telephony. whereas, packet switching is anologous to a telegraph.
4. Circuit switching creates congestion. whereas packet switching doesnot ,data travels through any free path. |
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