Editing Store and forward (section)

== Modern store and forward networking ==
* Store and forward originates with [[delay-tolerant networking|delay-tolerant networks]]. No real-time services are available for these kinds of networks.
* [[Logistical Networking]] is a scalable form of store and forward networking that exposes network-embedded buffers on intermediate nodes and allows flexible creation of  services by higher-level managers including [[Cache (computing)|caching]], point-to-multipoint communication (or [[multicast]]), [[content delivery]] and many other stateful distributed services.<ref>Beck, M.; Moore, T.; Plank, J.; Swany, M.:"Logistical Networking", Active Middleware Services, pp. 141-154. Springer US, 2000</ref> Real time services can be created using logistical networking when data transfer connectivity permits.

A '''store-and-forward switching center''' is a [[message switching]] center in which a message is accepted from the [[Communication source|originating user]], ''i.e.,'' sender, when it is offered, held in a physical [[data storage device|storage]], and forwarded to the destination user, ''i.e.,'' receiver, in accordance with the priority placed upon the message by the originating user and the [[availability]] of an outgoing [[channel (communications)|channel]].

Store and forward switching centers are usually implemented in mobile service stations where the messages that are sent from the sender is first sent to these centers. If the destination address isn't available, then the center stores this message and tries sending it later. This improves the probability of the message to be delivered.  In the other case, if the destination is available at that time, then the message is immediately sent.