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On a hybrid network system of circuit switching and packet switching
Yatsuka Nakamura, Noda Akishige
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Abstract
Abstract This paper describes the architecture of a hybrid switching network employing both circuit switching and packet switching. The network usually operates in a packet switching mode, but, depending on the traffic conditions, it can use special control packets to temporarily change certain lines to a circuit switching mode. The change between the two switching modes is performed dynamically depending on the traffic load of the network. Also described in this paper is the concept of metapacket which can be employed in some relatively small‐scale networks to average the load of packets and to reduce data transmission time.