Objectives

Lossless communication with minimal buffer space.
Efficient utilization of the capacity.
Minimum pre-transmission delay for delay-sensitive traffic
Packet arrival in the correct order

Connection Control Protocols

1. Usual Reservation Virtual Circvuit Protocols (URVC) wait-for-reservation type of protocols

2. Efficient Reservation Virtual Circuit Protocol (ERVC) wait-for-reservation type of protocols

3. Session Deflection Virtual Circuit Protocol (SDVC) tell-and-go type of protocol

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