MPLS 2009 – Day 3 Report

  Another day, another pile of great information.  I am still trying to sort through it all.  Today’s topics were MPLS-TP, Multicast, Mobility, and Experience. The MPLS-TP section was kicked off by Loa Andersson from Ericsson.  He gave a standards update and discussed how the MPLS-TP specifications are actually being worked through quite quickly. He estimated that if there are no drastic changes, the specs...

MPLS 2009 – Day 2 Report

Before I comment on the technical sessions today, I just want to let everyone know that they did have power to about ½ the tables today, and they did have decaf coffee.  I know you were worried, but alas the conference administrators came through.  While this is day 2 of the conference, it is really the start of the general sessions so the kickoff was this morning.  The themes today were MPLS-TP, Seemless and...

MPLS 2009 – Day 1 Report

Fasten your Seatbelt!!! Hello fellow techies.  If you are hungering for a rich meal of multicast VPNs with some MPLS-TP on the side, and MPLS in the Access for dessert – you have come to the right place.  These were the tutorial sessions today as the MPLS 2009 conference in Washington DC, and they were quite filling. In fact, I’m stuffed. Let’s start with MPLS-TP.  Matthew Bocci and Lubo Tancevski from...

MPLS 2009 – What Happened to this Conference?

Today was the start of the MPLS2009 conference by Isocore.  It could have been a great day, but it wasn’t.  The tutorials were actually quite good.  The technical presentations were well done and the presenters were actually good presenters.  But the management of the conference was sorely lacking.   When you pay $1100 to attend this conference, there are some basic amenities that one would expect. 1. ...

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