layer label switching
MPLS VPNs: Layer 2 or Layer 3? Understanding the Choice
White Paper Today, we see it again surfacing as network architects consider the design of Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) that take advantage of Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS). Since there's been data networking, there's been a debate between switched... [02 Sep 2008]
Cisco IOS MPLS Bandwidth-Assured Layer 2 Services
White Paper Cisco IOS MPLS Bandwidth-Assured Layer 2 Services is a standards-based solution that enables the deployment of premium Layer 2 services over a Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) network. Using MPLS as the core technology, service providers can... [04 Aug 2008]
A Fast and Scalable Inter-Domain MPLS Protection Mechanism
White Paper With the fast growth of Internet and a new widespread interest in optical networks, the unparalleled potential of Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) is leading to further research and development efforts. [04 Aug 2008]
Optical Switching: Switch Fabrics, Techniques, and Architectures
White Paper Generalized multiprotocol label switching seeks to eliminate the asynchronous transfer mode and synchronous optical network layers, thus implementing Internet protocol over wavelength-division multiplexing. [18 Jul 2008]
Quality of Service Routing in MPLS Networks Using Delay and Bandwidth Constraints
White Paper Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) has been proposed as a new approach for integrating layer 3 routing with the layer 2 switching. It integrates the label swapping paradigm of layer 2 (e.g. ATM and Frame Relay) with the routing of layer 3 (e.g. [11 Jul 2008]
Loose Source Routing as a Mechanism for Traffic Policies
White Paper Efforts continue today with Differentiated Services (Diff - Serv) and Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS). The paper claims that these approaches have not succeeded because they re-quire, either explicitly or subtly, a network-layer virtual... [11 Jul 2008]
Why Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Should Be Used in IP-Based Networks
White Paper One method of enhancing IP-based networks is to combine elements of the Open System Interconnection Model (OSI), specifically between the Link Layer (Layer 2) and the Network Layer (layer 3). The demand for multimedia applications along with rapid... [11 Jul 2008]
A Proposed Architecture for Integrating Active Networks and MPLS
White Paper Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) was originally intended as a fast switching technique for core networks, but proved to be very useful for providing traffic engineering and QoS Routing capabilities in the Internet. [10 Jul 2008]
Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS): Using MPLS to Build an Application-Centric Network
White Paper This paper discusses the mechanics of using Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) to enable highly scalable, intelligent Layer 2 and 3 Quality of Service (QoS), privacy and end-to-end connectivity in either Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) or... [10 Jul 2008]
Design and Implementation of an MPLS Based Load Balancing Architecture for Web Switching
White Paper MultiProtocol Label Switching (MPLS) is the industrystandard approach to switching and forwarding for next-generation routed networks. The MPLS technology combines the simplified forwarding characteristics of link-layer switching with the control... [10 Jul 2008]
Experiences With Class of Service (CoS) Translations in IP/MPLS Networks
White Paper Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), residing in between IP and layer-2 in the protocol stack, provides an interface to translate IP CoS to appropriate layer-2 QoS. Since most of the layer-2 technologies provide support for strict QoS, an... [10 Jul 2008]
Exploring the Trade-Off Between Label Size and Stack Depth in MPLS Routing
White Paper Multiprotocol Label Switching or MPLS technology is being increasingly deployed by several of the largest Internet service providers to solve problems such as traffic engineering and to offer IP services like Virtual Private Networks (VPNs). [10 Jul 2008]
Network Convergence Over MPLS
White Paper Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) is emerging as a flexible technology that can transport voice, IPv4, IPv6, layer 2 services (Frame Relay, ATM, Ethernet, etc.and even PDH and SDH/SONET circuits over a single packet infrastructure, in a new... [10 Jul 2008]
QoS Implementation for MPLS Based Wireless Networks
White Paper Mulitprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) is a newer technology that offers service integration, layer 2 switching and connection orientedness, that allows traffic engineering control traffic flows in the network. [10 Jul 2008]
Business Impact of Transparent Optical Switching
White Paper The emergence of the IP/Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) framework as a common control plane for data and optical layers is an early, but definitive, trend indicator. Furthermore, optical-switching technology is rapidly evolving and will... [03 Jul 2008]
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