Derived from a proprietary fast packet switching technique, MPLS (Multi-Protocol Label Switching) has played various roles throughout the years. It has been an approach for the deployment of IP over ATM networks, a solution in utilizing ATM hardware within IP networks, a traffic engineering enhancement for IP, and finally a unifying control plane technology.
After presenting the basic mechanisms and operating principles of MPLS, the tutorial discusses the two features of MPLS that make it a particularly important technology today: traffic engineering capability and the control plane. The limitations of IP with respect to the realization and operation of large backbones are analyzed and then traffic engineering features that enable MPLS to overcome such limitations are illustrated together with their underlying mechanisms and protocols. Concerning MPLS control plane, on the one hand, it is well integrated with the control plane of IP, on the other hand it is suitable for deployment on connection oriented networks. For this reason the control plane of MPLS has become a unifying solution for various network technologies.
Part Number and Titles
Preview
Part 1 -- Motivations
Part 2 -- Basic concepts and MPLS history
Part 3 -- Header and label
Part 4 -- Label handling
Part 5 -- Label distribution
Part 6 -- Routing protocols
Part 7 -- Enabled features and traffic engineering
Part 8 -- MPLS extensions and classes of service
Part 9 -- Label stack, VPN, and standardization
Part 10 -- Label distribution protocols
Part 11 -- Fault protection
Total Presentation Time
5 hours 7 minutes
Total Number of Slides
99
.gif){kind=spacer}
.gif){kind=spacer}
Available for purchase at US$200 for Communications Society Members and US$250 for Non-Members.