Encoding for different switching schemes

[wanko]

• store-and-forward
• wormhole

[lu-hub77]

Circuit Switching vs. Packet Switching
Packet switching distinguishes Store & Forward Switching and Cut-through / Wormhole Switching

Current state of the project implements circuit switching (during a communication complete routing path is blocked)
Packet switching allows that only the part of the routing path is blocked where currently a packet is being sent on.
Store & Forward Switching: Complete packet is store in a node before being forwarded to the next node
Wormhole Switching: As long as the header of a packet already has been received, bits of the packet can be forwarded (Parts of routing path are stepwise blocked and unblocked) --> This would require a different encoding of communication (header + bits of packet)