Difference between Circuit Switching and Packet Switching

   

Circuit Switching	Packet Switching
Circuit switching is more reliable.	Packet switching is less reliable.
circuit switching there are 3 phases:- i) Connection Establishment.  ii) Data Transfer.  iii) Connection Released.	In Packet switching directly data transfer takes place.
Circuit switching is not convenient for handling bilateral traffic.	Packet switching is suitable for handling bilateral traffic.
In circuit switching, each data unit know the entire path address which is provided by the source.	In Packet switching, each data unit just know the final destination address intermediate path is decided by the routers.
Circuit Switching does not support store and forward transmission	Packet Switching supports store and forward transmission
In Circuit switching, data is processed at source system only	In Packet switching, data is processed at all intermediate node including source system.
In Circuit switching, charge depend on time and distance, not on traffic in the network.	In Packet switching, charge is based on the number of bytes and connection time.
Resource reservation is the feature of circuit switching because path is fixed for data transmission.	There is no resource reservation because bandwidth is shared among users.
Wastage of resources are more in Circuit Switching	Less wastage of resources as compared to Circuit Switching
It is not a store and forward technique.	It is a store and forward technique.
Transmission of the data is done by the source.	Transmission of the data is done not only by the source, but also by the intermediate routers.
Recording of packet is never possible in circuit switching.	Recording of packet is possible in packet switching.
Congestion can occur during the connection establishment phase, because there might be a case where a request is being made for a channel but the channel is already occupied.	Congestion can occur during data transfer phase, large number of packets comes in no time.
In Circuit Switching there is a physical path between the source and the destination	In Packet Switching there is no physical path between the source and the destination
Delay between data units in circuit switching is uniform.	Delay between data units in packet switching is not uniform.