Skip to main content

Message Switching

 

MESSAGE SWITCHING STARTING TECNIQUE IN 1960s.

MESSAGE SWITCHING HAD A STORE-AND-FORWARD MECHANISM. IN THIS THE SWITCH FIRST STORES THE DATA AND AFTER STORING IT THEN FORWARDS THE DATA.

HARD DISK USED TO STORE DATA IN MESSAGE SWITCHING. THERE WAS A LOT OF DELAY IN MESSAGE SWITCHING.

SIMILARLY, WHEN THE DATA GOES FROM ONE SWITCH TO ANOTHER SWITCH, SO THE OTHER SWITCH ALSO HAD SAME PROCESSING.

MESSAGE SWITCHING WAS NOT OPTIMAL FOR STREAMING MEDIA AND REAL-TIME APPLICATIONS.

EMAIL SERVER IS EXAMPLE OF MESSAGE SITCHING.

___________


____________

Comments