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MPLS Multicast Traffic Engineering
White Papers This paper studies merging multicast and MPLS. The paper presents a taxonomy of different MPLS proposals for multicast TE. The paper describes briefly the approach, the MPLS multicast tree (MMT) protocol which utilizes, in order to reduce...
[July 4, 2008, 1:00]
The Search for the Right Packet Transport Technology: MPLS or PBB-TE (PBT)?
White Papers This paper goes beyond the marketing hype and look closely at the underlying concepts behind MPLS and PBB-TE. To further help providers select the best packet transport technology, the paper identifies key next generation packet transport...
[September 11, 2009, 1:54]
MPLS takeup hampered by ignorance
News Wide-area networks connecting organisations' sites using a technology called MPLS - short for Multi-Protocol Label Switching - aren't as popular as recent headlines would have us believe. Only 49.5 percent said they have heard of MPLS, which is...
[January 6, 2005, 11:30]
MPLS VPN Components
Talkback The project i am currently doing is deploying an MPLS VPN, connecting three sites. Hi every body.i am a new employee working for an R&D enterprise. Our service provider has given us this service and now i (together with my partners) am to set up...
[October 5, 2007, 7:57]
MPLS Protection Switching Vs. OSPF Rerouting: A Simulative Comparison
White Papers Several multi-path extensions to IP and timer modifications have been recently proposed providing interesting alternatives to the usage of MPLS below IP. Resilience is becoming a key design issue for future IP-based networks having a growing...
[September 11, 2008, 1:01]
MPLS-TE Routing: Adopting a Generic Architecture and Evaluating Various Implementation Approaches
White Papers Various Multi-Protocol Label Switching-Traffic Engineering (MPLS-TE) Routing Systems have been proposed in the literature to achieve optimization of resources utilization, Quality-of-Service (QoS) and Fast Recovery.
[September 11, 2008, 1:01]
MPLS and Rivulet Queuing
White Papers As with queuing mechanisms present in router IP code, MPLS offers various tools that can help address delay, jitter and packet loss, but MPLS does not have tools to eliminate loss or bound jitter. MPLS in of itself does not address the fundamental...
[September 11, 2008, 1:01]
MPLS-Aware NetFlow
White Papers MultiProtocol Label Switching (MPLS)-aware NetFlow is an extension of the NetFlow accounting feature that provides highly granular traffic statistics for Cisco routers. MPLS-aware NetFlow collects statistics on a per-flow basis just as NetFlow does.
[October 1, 2008, 1:01]
MPLS in Optical Networks
White Papers An analysis of the features of MPLS and Generalized MPLS and their application to Optical Networks, with reference to the Link Management Protocol and Optical UNI. With the success of MPLS in packet switched IP networks, optical network providers...
[June 22, 2007, 6:34]
MPLS/BGP Virtual Private Networks
White Papers Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) is the future routing technology of the Internet, allowing service providers to optimize their networks, provide Quality of Service (QoS) guarantees, and offer incremental value-added services.
[November 9, 2009, 5:28]
BT Group - MPLS-Based IP VPNs Built on Cisco IOS Software Enable Streamlined and "Applications-Aware" Enterprise Network Services
White Papers BT Global Services worked closely with Cisco Systems to become the first international service provider to simplify VPNs over Internet Protocol (IP) networks by using Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), available in Cisco IOS Software.
[February 19, 2005, 23:00]
MPLS, Only Better
White Papers MPLS (multi-protocol label switching) is a relatively new technology that can improve network performance for select traffic. In the typical network without MPLS, packet paths are determined in real time as routers decide each packet’s appropriate...
[August 28, 2003, 0:00]
MPLS-IPSEC Based VPN Solution for an Application Service Provider
White Papers The client's Head Quarters, Branches, Internet Data Center and the business continuity sites are connected via the MPLS VPN. The client is a large Japan based application service provider offering VPN services to a large number of customers.
[July 31, 2007, 3:54]
MPLS: What is it? What can it do for me?
White Papers Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) began as a way for routers to short-cut the time-consuming process of treating each packet independently, looking up the target IP address each time and in every router along the path.
[November 25, 2009, 9:11]
HP OpenView Network Services Management Solution for MPLS Networks
White Papers To realize the full benefits and value of using MPLS for IP VPN services, companies must be able to be able to manage the availability and performance of the MPLS network, which adds new challenges for traditional network management tools.
[January 10, 2005, 2:00]
Neural-Based Quality of Service Estimation in MPLS Routers
White Papers The MultiProtocol Label Switching (MPLS) is being considered as one possible approach for scalable Quality of Service (QoS) provisioning in the Internet. As MPLS is standardized by Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and is expected to be...
[June 25, 2008, 1:01]
Analysis of MPLS Multipath Routing With the Failure and Repair of LSPs
White Papers Efficient operation of multipath routing is considered as one of the important aspects in MPLS traffic engineering. This paper proposes a novel model for the performance evaluation of multipath routing in MPLS networks.
[June 25, 2008, 1:01]
Dynamic Issues in MPLS Service Restoration
White Papers In conventional MPLS networks, the detection and retransmission of out-of-order or lost packets is left to the higher layers, which in effect, degrades the overall performance. The proposed signaling protocol is general and independent of the...
[June 25, 2008, 1:01]
An Approach for MPLS Recovery
White Papers The ability for fast and reliable selection of a backup path is very important in the modern MPLS based networks. The paper discusses Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) recovery approaches and proposes a new eDirectory integrated recovery approach.
[June 25, 2008, 1:01]
Multipath Routing in MPLS Networks - A Survey
White Papers The paper presents the problem of multipath routing supporting the Quality of Service (QoS) in MPLS networks. The paper considers those algorithms applied in conventional IP networks which are also used by the MPLS technology.
[June 25, 2008, 1:01]
