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Virtual Circuit Networks

Virtual circuit networks provide connection-oriented service where resources are reserved for data transmission between nodes for a time interval. They have setup, data transfer, and teardown phases like circuit-switched networks but packets are addressed locally, not end-to-end. Each packet follows the same path established during connection setup. Addressing involves global addresses to create local virtual circuit identifiers that switches use to route packets along the pre-established path.

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Virtual Circuit Networks

Virtual circuit networks provide connection-oriented service where resources are reserved for data transmission between nodes for a time interval. They have setup, data transfer, and teardown phases like circuit-switched networks but packets are addressed locally, not end-to-end. Each packet follows the same path established during connection setup. Addressing involves global addresses to create local virtual circuit identifiers that switches use to route packets along the pre-established path.

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VIRTUAL CIRCUIT NETWORKS

Arun Krishna
1st Semester MCA
Sreenivas Institute Of Technology
CONTENTS
 Definition
 Characteristics
 Addressing
Definition

• Virtual Circuit is the computer network providing connection-oriented service. It is a


connection-oriented network. In virtual circuit resource are reserve for the time interval
of data transmission between two nodes. This network is a highly reliable medium of
transfer. Virtual circuits are costly to implement.
 Characteristics

 As in a circuit-switched network, there are setup and teardown phases in


addition to the data transfer phase
 Resources can be allocated during the setup phase, as in a circuit-switched
network, or on demand, as in a datagram network
 As in a datagram network, data are packetized and each packet carries an
address in the header. However, the address in the header has local
jurisdiction not end-to-end jurisdiction
Cont….

The reader may ask how the intermediate switches know where to send the
packet if there is no final destination address carried by a packet.
 As in a circuit-switched network, all packets follow the same path
established during the connection.
 A virtual-circuit network is normally implemented in the data link layer,
while a circuit-switched network is implemented in the physical layer and a
datagram network in the network layer.
 Example of a virtual-circuit network:
 Addressing :

In a virtual-circuit network, two types of addressing are involved:


Global Addressing
Local Addressing (virtual-circuit identifier)
Global Addressing:
A source or a destination needs to have a global address-an address that
can be unique in the scope of the network or internationally if the network is part of an
international network. However, we will see that a global address in virtual-circuit
networks is used only to create a virtual-circuit identifier, as discussed next
Virtual-Circuit Identifier
virtual-circuit The identifier that is actually used for data transfer is called
the identifier
 Is a small number that has only switch scope; it is used by a frame between
two switches
When a frame arrives at a switch, it has a VCI; when it leaves, it has a
different VCl
Figure shows how the VCI in a data frame changes from one switch to
another
Note that a VCI does not need to be a large number since each switch can
use its own unique set of VCls

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