Chapter 10. Multiprotocol Label Switching

  1. H. Jonathan Chao Ph.D.1,
  2. Xiaolei Guo Ph.D.2

Published Online: 12 FEB 2002

DOI: 10.1002/0471224391.ch10

Book Title

Quality of Service Control in High-Speed Networks

Quality of Service Control in High-Speed Networks

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How to Cite

Chao, H. J. and Guo, X. (2002) Multiprotocol Label Switching, in Quality of Service Control in High-Speed Networks, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, USA. doi: 10.1002/0471224391.ch10

Author Information

  1. 1

    Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, New York, USA

  2. 2

    INTEC Systems, Manalapan, New Jersey, USA

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 12 FEB 2002
  2. Published Print: 1 NOV 2001

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780471003977

Online ISBN: 9780471224396

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Keywords:

  • multiprotocol label switching (MPLS);
  • label switching router (LSR);
  • forwarding equivalent class (FEC);
  • label stack;
  • penultimate hop popping;
  • LSP tunnel;
  • label distribution protocol;
  • differentiated services;
  • traffic engineering;
  • resource reservation protocol (RSVP);
  • constraint-based routing;
  • virtual private network

Summary

Multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) techniques are developed to support, with a single network, different kinds of network protocols. Chapter 10 discusses this emerging network technology. It includes the basic concepts, such as shim label, label stack, penultimate hop popping, label switched path (LSP) tunnel, label distribution protocol, resource reservation protocol (RSVP), constraint-based routing protocol, and support of differentiated services in a MPLS network. Two important applications, traffic engineering and virtual private networks (VPNs), are also presented.

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