Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) is a switching mechanism used in wide area networks (WANs). MPLS uses labels instead of network addresses to route traffic optimally via shorter pathways. MPLS is ...

In the previous post, discussing the role of the FEC in MPLS networks, I used in one of my examples a particular label value; I was hoping someone would ask about it, which would give me a nice segue ...

I’ve written several posts on different aspects of MPLS: How the FEC is key to the separation of control and forwarding functions in MPLS, the difference between implicit and explicit null labels, how ...

Multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) deployments to date have been focused on providing traffic engineering and network-based IP virtual private network (VPN) capabilities to IP core networks, and to ...

The MPLS Transport Profile (MPLS-TP) standard was developed to address a serious problem facing carriers -- traffic on their transport networks has shifted rapidly from circuit-switched TDM traffic to ...

SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J. -- Xebeo Communications, Inc., a leading developer of Metro Optical Packet Switches, today announced enhancements to the MPLS WorkBench that include Customer Centric QueuingC ...

Ohio-based network provider First Communications is planning to deploy a multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) network architecture across its network when it completes the rollout of dense wavelength ...

SAN JOSE, Calif.–Oct. 14, 2003–SwitchCore, a fabless semiconductor company leading the Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) switch-on-a-chip industry, announced the Xpeedium-II™ family of products. Xpeedium-II™ ...

We have considered the fundamental concepts that underlie the label switching approaches, and we have looked at four of them in detail. The IETF?s MPLS working group is engaged in trying to define a ...