Ideas in this flowchart

• Transmission of digital information through packets
• Digital information is provided for transmission
• The information is divided
• The divided information forms packets
• Packet division occurs before transmission
• The packets begin transmission
• Routers receive each packet
• Routers examine each packet
• The packet destination is identified
• The router forwards the packet
• The packet is forwarded toward its destination
• Packets may travel through different routes
• Each packet continues along its selected route
• The receiving system receives the packets
• The receiving system combines the packets
• The original information is reconstructed