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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 IP VPN Migration Profiles: Should Your Company Consider an IP VPN?
White Papers What exactly is an MPLS IP VPN? Are there differences in MPLS IP VPNs? Who are the prime candidates for an MPLS IP VPN? What are the benefits of an MPLS IP VPN? Does it make sense to outsource an MPLS IP VPN to a respected service provider?
[March 24, 2008, 0:02]
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]
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/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.
[August 20, 2003, 2:52]
On-Demand Webcast: MPLS in 2009: Where to From Here?
White Papers With nearly 75% of all enterprises deploying MPLS for site-to-site connectivity, the question becomes "Now what? The attendee will learn how to make the most of the MPLS network as the presenter discusses best practices for managing MPLS services...
[April 30, 2009, 1:19]
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, 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 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 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]
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-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]
The Bi-Mesh Survivable Network - Fast Recovery From Node Failure in MPLS Enabled Networks
White Papers Today's converged networks are increasingly based on MPLS technology. To provide reliable carrier-grade service, MPLS-based recovery procedures must be able to quickly address any link or node failure.
[July 4, 2008, 1:00]
Managing MPLS VPN Networks With HP OpenView
White Papers This webcast discovers how HP openview's MPLS solution combines provisioning, fault, performance and usage capabilities.
[June 6, 2007, 1:00]
Enterprise Guide for Selecting an IP VPN Architecture - Comparing MPLS, IPsec, and SSL
White Papers Companies selecting IP VPN architecture - MPLS, IPSec, and SSL - need to consider their business needs because there is no single best choice. This white paper describes each Layer 3 IP VPN architecture - MPLS, IPSec, and SSL - and explains each...
[March 2, 2009, 19:21]
Standards spat could cause MPLS downtime
News Enterprises will be hoping that two warring standards bodies can next week sort out a problem with the widely used MPLS protocol that threatens to cause widespread disruption in companies' wide area networks.
[September 6, 2007, 13:30]
MPLS takeup hampered by ignorance
Talkback To say that a company will have no use for MPLS in the futre, is either an admonition that the company is going out of business or a display of sheer nescience. It just goes to show how little IT managers know about networking, and how they are the...
[January 9, 2005, 19:53]
Converged IP/MPLS Backbone Networks for 2G and 3G Voice Services Integration
White Papers This paper describes how IP/MPLS technologies support the emerging VoIP infrastructure in mobile networks to facilitate the convergence of 2G and 3G mobile voice services, including the evolution of the VoIP network from the split architecture in...
[July 9, 2009, 3:05]
Service Management for MPLS Enabled IP VPN
White Papers It was looking to create an MPLS service-provisioning interface for VPN, that could interact with existing as well as third party products. A team of 4 engineers, well versed in the requirements of an MPLS solution was engaged to engineer the...
[August 15, 2007, 22:58]
Multipoint Bridged Ethernet Using MPLS Virtual Private LAN Services
White Papers Virtual Private LAN Services (VPLS) is an implementation of Multipoint Bridged Ethernet (MBE) that uses MultiProtocol Label Switching (MPLS) to implement multiple MBE service instances in a scalable manner with Quality of Service (QoS) and...
[January 12, 2008, 0:01]
