华北水利水电大学信息工程学院计算机网络课件 Lecture2.pptVIP

Packet switching versus circuit switching Great for bursty data resource sharing no call setup Excessive congestion: packet delay and loss protocols needed for reliable data transfer, congestion control Q: How to provide circuit-like behavior? bandwidth guarantees needed for audio/video apps still an unsolved problem (chapter 6) Is packet switching a “slam dunk winner?” Packet-switched networks: routing Goal: move packets among routers from source to destination we’ll study several path selection algorithms (chapter 4) datagram network: destination address determines next hop routes may chang