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Virtual circuit

Switches can easily be implemented in ASIC hardware, while routing is more complex and requires software implementation.



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Virtual circuit multiplexing

Virtual circuit multiplexing or VC-MUX is one of the two (the other being LLC encapsulation) mechanisms for identifying the protocol carried in ATM Adaptation Layer 5 (AAL5) frames specified by RFC 2684, Multiprotocol Encapsulation over ATM.