A type of network protocol that forms a connection to a host and maintains a constant stream of data until the connection is terminated.
A communication system that uses direct connections for a transmission. The most common circuit-switched network is a POTS system. The direct connection between two parties is great for speed but because there is a direct connection no other type of communication can use the connection at the same time.
A type of network connection which establishes a continuous electrical connection between calling and called users for their exclusive use until the connection is released. Ericsson PBX is a circuit-switched network.
An ISDN bearer service that provides a 64 kbps (sometimes 56 kbps) path between two users for the duration of the call. The term is also used for the networks with behavior similar to ISDN.
Communication system that dedicates a channel for each transmission. The copper-wire telephone system (referred to as “POTSâ€, or Plan Old Telephone Service) uses circuit switching, as do PBX systems. Dedicated channels means strong reliability and low latency/delay, but the downside is that only one type of communication can use the channel at any given time.
A type of network in which a physical path is obtained for and dedicated to a single connection between two end-points in the network for the duration of the connection. Ordinary voice phone service is circuit-switched. The telephone company reserves a specific physical path to the number you are calling for the duration of your call. During that time, no one else can use the physical lines involved.
Describes a network in which the two ends of a connection are linked by a fixed circuit. For the duration of this connection the communicating parties have exclusive use of the bandwidth it provides.
