Packet Switching (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Packet switching is a digital network communications method that groups all transmitted data - irrespective of content, type, or structure - into suitably-sized blocks, called packets. Packet switching features delivery of variable-bit-rate data streams (sequences of packets) over a shared network. When traversing network adapters, switches, routers and other network nodes, packets are buffered and queued, resulting in variable delay and throughput depending on the traffic load in the network.