Difference between Circuit Switching and Packet Switching

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Circuit Switching	Packet Switching
Circuit Switching is Connection oriented.	Packet Switching Connectionless
Data transmission takes place,after the circuit is established for the duration of the transmission.	Dynamic route is established for each packet which carries the route information
It follows a uniform path throughout the session	There is no end to end reservation of links
Circuit Switching is implemented at Physical Layer	Packet Switching is implemented at Network Layer
Circuit switching is ideal for voice communication	Packet switching is mainly used for data and voice communication and the delay is not uniform
It is inflexible, because once a path is set all parts of a transmission follows the same path	It is flexible, because a route is created for each packet to travel to the destination
No store and forward transmission	Supports store and forward transmission

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