SWITCHED VIRTUAL CIRCUIT

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A switched virtual circuit (SVC) provides a semi-permanent link established across a packet-switched network for the duration of the session between source and sink. Like a permanent virtual circuit, packets on the switched virtual circuit always follow the same route across the network, but unlike a permanent virtual circuit (PVC), a switched virtual circuit does not remain after the users have finished.


Other topics in our resources on Communications Systems related to Switched virtual circuit include: 
 
  • permanent virtual circuit (PVC)
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