A digital network technology that breaks up a message into smaller chunks (packets) for transmission. Unlike circuit switching in traditional telephone networks, which requires the establishment of a ...

Packet Data - small pieces called packets. This allows users to consume a network's resources only when they are actually transferring data. In mobile phones, data is used for functions requiring ...

Analyzing network traffic to discover the type of application that sent the data. In order to prioritize traffic or filter out unwanted data, deep packet inspection can differentiate data, such as ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The Embedded Microprocessor Benchmarking Consortium (EMBC) is developing a benchmark for measuring the performance of deep packet inspection on network processors. The group already ...

An efficient means of routing and transferring data over a network by breaking it up into very small pieces (packets). Each packet is addressed to its destination, like pieces of mail in a postal ...