<s>
In	O
a	O
network	B-Architecture
based	O
on	O
packet	B-Protocol
switching	I-Protocol
,	O
transmission	B-General_Concept
delay	I-General_Concept
(	O
or	O
store-and-forward	O
delay	O
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
packetization	O
delay	O
or	O
serialization	O
delay	O
)	O
is	O
the	O
amount	O
of	O
time	O
required	O
to	O
push	O
all	O
the	O
packet	O
's	O
bits	O
into	O
the	O
wire	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Transmission	B-General_Concept
delay	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
function	O
of	O
the	O
packet	O
's	O
length	O
and	O
has	O
nothing	O
to	O
do	O
with	O
the	O
distance	O
between	O
the	O
two	O
nodes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
packet	B-Protocol
switched	I-Protocol
networks	I-Protocol
use	O
store-and-forward	O
transmission	O
at	O
the	O
input	O
of	O
the	O
link	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thus	O
,	O
store-and-forward	O
packet	B-Protocol
switches	I-Protocol
introduce	O
a	O
store-and-forward	O
delay	O
at	O
the	O
input	O
to	O
each	O
link	O
along	O
the	O
packet	O
's	O
route	O
.	O
</s>
