layer mpls
RSS layer mplsAny Transport Over MPLS
White Paper Any Transport over MPLS (AToM) transports Layer 2 packets over a Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) backbone. AToM enables service providers to connect customer sites with existing... [01 Oct 2008]
Security of the MPLS Architecture
White Paper Many enterprises are thinking of replacing traditional Layer 2 VPNs such as ATMor Frame Relay (FR) with MPLS-based services. This paper gives an overview of MPLS architecture security... [01 Oct 2008]
Multicast Traffic Aggregation in MPLS-Based VPN Networks
White Paper This paper gives an overview of the current practical approaches under study for a scalable implementation of multicast in Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPNs over an IP-MPLS multiservice network.... [01 Oct 2008]
Technical Whitepaper for SMART-MPLS
White Paper This paper introduces the background and principle of SMART-MPLS, and concludes the advantages in building access layer network. SMART-MPLS is a technical plan based on the combination... [01 Oct 2008]
MPLS-Aware NetFlow
White Paper A flow is a unidirectional set of packets (IP or MPLS) that arrives at the router on the same subinterface, has the same source and destination IP addresses, has the same Layer 4 protocol, the same... [01 Oct 2008]
Multicast-VPN - IP Multicast Support for MPLS VPNs
White Paper This Multicast-VPN - IP Multicast Support for MPLS VPNs feature allows a service provider to configure and support multicast traffic in a Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Virtual Private Network... [01 Oct 2008]
Deploying Layer 2 VPN Services With Cisco IP Solution Center
White Paper Cisco IP Solution Center is tightly integrated with Cisco CNS technology for zero-touch, plug-and-play MultiProtocol Label Switching (MPLS) VPN Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) deployment. The Cisco IP Solution Center... [01 Oct 2008]
Technical White Paper for PWE3
White Paper Pseudo Wire Emulation Edge to Edge (PWE3) is a layer 2 Virtual Private Network (VPN) protocol that provides tunnels to emulate services (such as Frame Relay (FR), ATM, Ethernet, TDM SONET/SDH) over packet switched... [01 Oct 2008]
MPLS VPN Services: PW, VPLS and BGP MPLS/IP VPNs
White Paper MPLS is now the best way for service providers to respond to those customer demands by providing Pseudo Wires (PW) services, Virtual Private LAN Services (VPLS) or Layer 2 MPLS VPNs and... [11 Sep 2008]
Data Mining for Managing Intrinsic Quality of Service in MPLS
White Paper MPLS uses short, fixed-length similar to layer 2 switching. MPLS (Multiprotocol Label Switching) is a standards-based technology that can improve network performance and QoS for select... [11 Sep 2008]
MPLS-Based Layer 2 Virtual Private Networks
White Paper This paper identifies one of several alternatives: namely, one in which the VPN is constructed on MPLS-based Layer 2 circuits. In an MPLS-based Layer 2 solution, the... [11 Sep 2008]
Multi-Access VPN
White Paper These two solutions are: Layer 2 MPLS-based VPN and Layer 3 BGP/MPLS-based. The Multi-access VPN project is a part of Communication System Design (CSD) course at... [11 Sep 2008]
MPLS-VPNS and VLANs: Different Solutions With Similar Components
White Paper While 802.1Q VLANS create dedicated layer 2 LANs on a shared infrastructure and MPLS-VPNs create dedicated layer 3 WANs, they use very similar components. This paper uses parallels... [11 Sep 2008]
Packet Forwarding With Multiprotocol Label Switching
White Paper MultiProtocol Label Switching (MPLS) is an emerging technology that aims to address many of the existing issues associated with packet forwarding in today's Internetworking environment. It provides a method of forwarding... [11 Sep 2008]
MPLS VPNs: Layer 2 or Layer 3? Understanding the Choice
White Paper The question is, when are MPLS VPNs better implemented at Layer 3, using BGP-based VPNs, and when at Layer 2, using MPLS tunneling technologies? The goal of this paper... [02 Sep 2008]
