Unit 1: Learning Aim B (Data exchange, packet switching)

Data exchange packet switching

We have already established that a data is broken down into packets before they are sent
over a network or the internet.

After watching the video on packet switching show how an MP4 file is broken into packets
and sent across this network. Choose a location for the hacker!
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Type your understanding of packet switching here:

Packet switchingisadigitalnetworkingcommunicationsmethodthatgroupsall
transmitteddataintosuitablysizedblocks,calledpackets,whicharetransmittedviaa
mediumthatmaybesharedbymultiplesimultaneouscommunicationsessions

What is inside a packet?

Error control Data (payload) Source address Destination Packet

bits address identification

Annotate the different parts of the packet to show your understanding.

The data

Where the data has come from.

Where the data is going.

This identifies the packet and knows how to reassemble them.

This checks if that the packets have been reassembled correctly. It checks
for errors.
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What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of packet switching?

Identify at least 4 advantages and 2 disadvantages.

Advantages Disadvantages

The circuit switching bills the user depending on Packets may be lost on their route, so sequence
the distance and duration of connection whereas numbers are required to identify missing packets.
packet switching network bill users only on the
basis of duration of connectivity.

It uses a digital network. This method enables Switching nodes for packet switching require large
digital data to be directly transmitted to a amount of RAM to handle large quantities of
destination, and is therefore appropriate for data packets.
communication systems.

High data transmission quality - The quality of

data transmission in a packet switched network is
kept high (error free) because the data distribution
is checked and error detection is employed during
data transmission.

The advantage of circuit switching network over

packet switching network is that the circuit
switching network provides ordered delivery of
packets. As all the packets follow the same route.
They arrive in correct order at destination.

VOIP uses CODECS to encode and decode data.

What is VOIP?

VoiceoverIP(VoIP)isamethodologyandgroupoftechnologiesforthedeliveryofvoice
communicationsandmultimediasessionsoverInternetProtocol(IP)networks,suchastheInternet.
Othertermscommonlyassociatedwith VoIPareIPtelephony,Internettelephony,broadbandtelephony,
andbroadbandphoneservice.

What are CODECS?

Acodecisadeviceorcomputerprogramforencodingordecodingadigitaldatastreamorsignal.Codecis
aportmanteauofcoder-decoderor,lesscommonly,compressor-decompressor.

The image below demonstrates encoding and decoding using CODECS. Use the keywords
below to complete the diagram.
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CODEC

Analogue Analogue
Digital

Keywords: Analogue, Digital

The diagram on the previous page shows a conversion of audio and video analogue signals to
digital.

Use the space below to explain what the above diagram demonstrates and how it might link
to packet switching.

Pocket switching is used to transfer the digital file to another person in a form of an
analogue.
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