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Circuit Switching vs. Packet Switching

Sunny Classroom
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Circuit switching is a type of communications in which a dedicated channel or circuit is established for the duration of a transmission, a method used by the traditional telephone call- calls carried over the public switched telephone network (PSTN), also referred to as the Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS). Packet switching uses different methods. Packet switching networks are connected through many routers, each serving different segment of networks. Circuit-switched networks are used for traditional phone calls and packet-switched networks handle data. But nowadays, you can get phone service delivered over the Internet just like digital data packets. In this video, you will find examples to demonstrate these two signaling methods. Please leave comments, questions and Please subscribe to my channel Many thanks, Sunny Classroom ...more
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This is what a typical traditional telephone network look like.

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The PSTN networks are connected through central offices

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the telephone network is trying different circuits to find an available channel.

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When you are making a PSTN call. you are actually renting the lines

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Packet switching uses different methods.

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Packet switching networks are connected through many routers

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Data is broken into packets before it is transported.

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In packet switching, packets can travel any path on the network to their destination

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The Internet is based on a packet-switching protocol, TCP/IP

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Circuit Switching vs. Packet Switching
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2017Jul 12
Circuit switching is a type of communications in which a dedicated channel or circuit is established for the duration of a transmission, a method used by the traditional telephone call- calls carried over the public switched telephone network (PSTN), also referred to as the Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS). Packet switching uses different methods. Packet switching networks are connected through many routers, each serving different segment of networks. Circuit-switched networks are used for traditional phone calls and packet-switched networks handle data. But nowadays, you can get phone service delivered over the Internet just like digital data packets. In this video, you will find examples to demonstrate these two signaling methods. Please leave comments, questions and Please subscribe to my channel Many thanks, Sunny Classroom

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Sunny Classroom

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