Packet switching is the process by which data is broken into smaller chunks, or packets, for transmission over a network. Packet switching divides a message into smaller units, sends each unit individually via the best route possible at the time, and...

Packet switching is a communications paradigm in which packets (discrete blocks of data) are routed between nodes over data links shared with other traffic. In each network node, packets are queued or buffered, resulting in variable delay. This...

by Ron Wilson By looking at switching equipment, you'd never know that the trend in the communications and networking world is toward TCP/IP (Transfer Control Protocol/Internet Protocol). Once packetized data enters a line card and passes through a traffic-manager ASIC or NPU...

As the first product to be offered in the Salix Enhanced Telephony Xchange Family of class-independent telephony switches, the ETX5000 carrier-class switch integrates all of the service functions of voice and data networks into a single device. Service providers using the switch can...

Inventors of the MRI, the Ethernet, the LP record and a popular weedkiller are among 18 people picked for induction into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.The 2007 class of inductees, announced Thursday, join luminaries such as Thomas Edison, Velcro inventor George de Mestral and...

Inventors of the MRI, the Ethernet, the LP record and a popular weedkiller are among 18 people picked for induction into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.The 2007 class of inductees was to be announced at an event Thursday on Capitol Hill. The honorees are...