What’s Next for MPLS? (from Network World) | MPLS widely adopted for WANs; MPLS-TP,   integration with LTE and IPv6 loom By Brad Reed, Network World December 21, 2009 11:35 AM ET Multiprotocol Label Switching has been without a doubt one of the most successful technologies of the past decade. The advantages of MPLS are many: in addition to protocol...

MPLS-TP: What’s the Big Deal? | by Robin Zak Armstrong With as much hype as there has been recently around MPLS-TP, you would think this is some wild new thing.  While I was at the MPLS2009 conference, I would have to say that at least 40% of the speaking sessions were dedicated to this topic.  If you’re a “net-head”, you might be...

LDP or RSVP-TE? Why not both? | by Robin Zak Armstrong Introduction Traditional arguments in the MPLS world include “which signaling protocol to use – LDP or RSVP-TE?”  The traditional response is “Use LDP when you want simplicity, use RSVP-TE when you want bandwidth guarantees and 50ms reroute around failure”.  Fair enough,...

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