Editing Burst switching

{{no footnotes|date=January 2013}}
{{Short description|Technique in packet-switched networks}}
{{Use American English|date=December 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}

In a [[packet switched]] [[computer network|network]], '''burst switching''' is a capability in which each [[network switch]] extracts [[routing]] instructions from an incoming [[Packet (information technology)|packet]] [[header (computing)|header]] to establish and maintain the appropriate switch [[telecommunication connection|connection]] for the duration of the packet, following which the connection is automatically released. 

In concept, burst switching is similar to [[connectionless mode transmission]], but differs in that burst switching implies an intent to establish the switch connection in [[near real time]], so that only minimum buffering is required at the [[node (networking)|node]] switch.

A variant of burst switching used in [[optical telecommunication|optical networks]] is [[optical burst switching]].

== Applications ==

Examples of technology using burst switching include:
* [[EtherLoop]], used after the late-1990s to facilitate [[telephone company]] offerings to compete with the high-speed local data access that was then beginning to be offered by [[cable TV]] providers as an internet service offering.<ref name=ti1999>{{cite journal |url=http://www.ti.com/sc/docs/products/network/tiwpapr12.pdf |title=White Paper describing EtherLoop Technology, preliminary, Revision 1.2 |pages=7–12 |year=1999 |journal=Texas Instruments Product Support Documents |publisher=[[Texas Instruments]] |access-date=27 December 2023 |archive-date=9 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709081201/https://www.ti.com/sc/docs/products/network/tiwpapr12.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Intra-vehicle communication: [[Tesla Cybertruck]] in 2023 began using a gigabit Ethernet loop with burst switching for [[near real-time]], redundant control of all motor vehicle subsystems, including [[steer-by-wire]], motor controls, all vehicle controllers, plus [[vehicle audio]] with [[Active noise control|active road-noise cancellation]].<ref name=TeslaEngrTeam20231212>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5zDNaY1fvI |title=Cybertruck DEEP DIVE with 5 Tesla Executives! |date=11 December 2023 |publisher=[[Munro Live]] |place=Austin, Texas |time=13:38–20:51 |access-date=27 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211224357/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5zDNaY1fvI |archive-date=11 December 2023 |url-status=live |via=[[YouTube]] |people=Sandy Munro, Lars Moravy, Franz von Holzhausen, Drew Baglino, Pete Bannon, David Lau}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{refbegin}}
*Source: from [[Federal Standard 1037C]].
{{refend}}

{{compu-network-stub}}
[[Category:Computer networks engineering]]