Educational Blog: Difference between Packet Switching and Circuit Switching

Thursday 17 September 2015

Difference between Packet Switching and Circuit Switching

Difference between Packet Switching and Circuit Switching is as shown below :

Packet Switching Circuit Switching 
Packet travel on different path.Packet travel on same path.
Packet Switching uses connection less service. Circuit Switching uses connection oriented service. 
Large message or data is divided into small packets(segments).Large message or data travel as it is.
More path available.Only one path is used for.
Less time require.More time require.
Maximum bandwidth is utilized.During the call,third party can't access this bandwidth.
Require sequence number.No need of sequence number.
More path available.Only one path is used for.
More path available.Only one path is used for.

No comments:

Post a Comment