Switching technologies
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 04:22:47
Category: / Science & Technology / Computers and Cybernetics
Length: 5 pages (1303 words)
Category: / Science & Technology / Computers and Cybernetics
Length: 5 pages (1303 words)
With the advent of faster computer networks and a far more stable infrastructure has come the need for a quicker way to "switch" this information around. Two of the best known methods for doing so are ATM and Frame Relay. Within the confines of this article we will discuss just what they are and where they fit in.
The Internet as we know it today has grown in leaps and bounds from when it first …
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…switching technologies allow for faster switching of data due to their predictable nature. This is done via their encapsulation of upper layer data in their respective formats. This was very much a high level overview of both Frame Relay and ATM. Hopefully it will be enough to whet your appetite to research them both more. As we are beginning to see all of the world is not composed of only TCP/IP. Till next time!
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