Q. Switching in Internet done by using datagram approach to packet switching at the

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Q. Traditionally, _____ methods of switching have been important.

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Q. A ________ network is made of a set of switches connected by physical links, in which each link is divided into n channels.

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Q. In _______, the resources need to be reserved during the setup phase; the resources remain dedicated for the entire duration of data transfer phase until the teardown phase.

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Q. In _________, there is no resource allocation for a packet.

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Q. In _________, resources are allocated on demand.

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Q. In __________, each packet is treated independently of all others.

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Q. In _______ there are no setup or teardown phases.

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Q. A _________ network is a cross between a circuit-switched network and a datagram network. It has some characteristics of both.

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Q. We can say that a packet switch has _______ types of components.

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Q. The simplest type of switching fabric is the ______ switch.

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Q. A ________ switch is a multistage switch with microswitches at each stage that route the packets based on the output port represented as a binary string.

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Q. In a banyan switch, for 8 inputs and 8 outputs, we have _____ stages.

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Q. In a banyan switch, for 8 inputs and 8 outputs, we have _____ microswitches at each stage.

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Q. A ________ switch combines space-division and time-division technologies to take advantage of the best of both.

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Q. The most popular technology in time-division switching is called the _________.

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Q. Based on the Clos criteria, if N = 200, then n must be equal to or greater than ____.

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Q. Based on the Clos criteria, if N = 200, then k must be equal to or greater than ____.

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Q. Based on the Clos criteria, if N = 200, then the minimum number of crosspoints is greater than or equal to _______.

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Q. In a one-stage space division switch, if N = 200, the number of crosspoints is ______.

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