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Large-Scale IP Network Solutions (CCIE Professional Development)
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Large-Scale IP Network Solutions (CCIE Professional Development)

by Khalid Raza - CCIE, Mark Turner
November 1999
Intermediate to advanced
576 pages
15h 3m
English
Cisco Press
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Packet, Circuit, and Message Switching

The three switching paradigms that you are likely to encounter with IP networks (packet switching, circuit switching, and message switching) each have their own characteristics and requirements that you should consider before deciding which one best suits your network. The sections that follow define these switching paradigm characteristics and requirements.

Packet-Switched Networks

The Internet, and IP networks in general, are packet-switching networks.This means that all data is segmented into variable-length IP packets, which are then routed across the network as discrete entities, as shown in Figure 3-1. Each IP packet contains a source and a destination, as well as mechanisms to detect packet corruption. ...

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