The main alternative to packet-switching is circuit-switching, where two devices on a network establish a dedicated communication line to send a stream of data across as with a phone call.

Paul Baran, whose Cold War era invention of packet switching technology helped to lay the foundation for the Internet, has died at the age of 84. Topics Spotlight: New Thinking about Cloud Computing ...

Clos network, a family of multistage networks, are attractive alternative for constructing scalable packet switches because of its distributed and modular design. The clos packet switching ...

Paul Baran, one of the inventors of the packet switching technology that underpins all internet traffic, has died aged 84. Baran passed away on Saturday at his home in Palo Alto, California ...