Switching Techniques

• Circuit (SDM or TDM or FDM)

  • Establish fixed end-to-end connection

• Message (Store-and-forward)

  • No longer used at layers 2-3

• Packet (Frame, FPS, Cell)

  • Datagram: connectionless, StatMuxed channel
  • Virtual Circuit: connection-oriented, PVC/SVC

• (Virtual) Circuits over Packets?

• Packets over (Virtual) Circuits?

• Multicast vs. (Virtual) Circuits?

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