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Foil 14 Connection vs. Connectionless

From Introduction To Multimedia Internet Systems CPS640 MultiMedia and WWW -- Spring 97 Semester. by Marek Podgorny * See also color IMAGE

Connection-oriented network
  • Implementation: virtual circuits, signaling protocols
  • Advantages: more predictable traffic
  • Disadvantages: need call set-up which introduces delay; wastes network resources
Connectionless networks
  • Implementations: addresses in packet headers
  • Advantages: no call set-up delay, no busy signal
  • Disadvantages: difficult to reserve resources



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