circuitforwarding
Circuitforwarding is a concept describing the directed movement of signals through a predefined circuit path within a system. It encompasses the establishment, maintenance, and execution of a forwarding decision that routes an input signal to the appropriate subsequent circuit element along a fixed path. This term is used across hardware routing, circuit design, and some telecommunications contexts to emphasize deterministic signal progression as opposed to packet-based routing.
In hardware implementations, circuitforwarding relies on control logic to select among available routes using switches, multiplexers,
Applications include network-on-chip architectures where predictable timing is important, time-division multiplexed networks, and programmable logic devices
Compared with packet forwarding, circuitforwarding provides deterministic latency and resource allocation but can be less flexible