Routing, also known as forwarding, is a function located in one or more layers of the stack of communication protocols. It aims to select paths in a network along which sent source traffic to destinations while satisfying the needs of users and considering the technical and administrative capabilities of service providers.
Switching and routing are two types of procedures having the same fundamental purpose which is transferring information between different users of communication networks. But, while routing must be viewed at the overall level of the communication network, the information being exchanged between network nodes, switching refers to operations involving a single communication node, the information being transferred between its input / output access ports. It should also be noted that the routing is executed according to a routing protocol used on the network, while the switching is based on elements belonging to a single node in the network, namely its switching structure, routing table and path selection algorithm between ports.
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