MPLS advantages for traffic engineering.

This article discusses the architectural aspects of MPLS which enable it to address IP traffic management. Specific MPLS architectural features discussed are separation of control and forwarding, the label stack, multiple control planes, and integrated IP and constraint-based routing. The article th...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:	IEEE Communications magazine 37, 12 (1999).
Main Author:	Swallow, G.
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	IP traffic management. MPLS. Constraint-based routing. Fast restoration. Feedback. Forwarding. Integrated recovery. Integrated routing. Label stack. Local tunnel repair. Multiple control planes. Network management. Network scalability. Network service integration. Network topology. Service integration. Traffic engineering. Unified QoS paradigm.