ABSTRACT

MPLS for Metropolitan Area Networks demonstrates solutions provided by MPLS features. The text opens with an overview of metro networks and MPLS. It examines traffic engineering issues, focusing on fundamental TE concepts and network control. The author then discusses how MPLS can bring increased reliability to Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs), and concludes with a detailed analysis of the service aspects of MANs. Topics reviewed include L3 and L2 MPLS VPNs, geographically dispersed Ethernet multipoint services, virtual private LAN services (VPLS), and the integrated services (IntServ) and differentiated services (DiffServ) QoS models with respect to MPLS.

part 1|28 pages

Metropolitan Area Networks and MPLS

chapter Chapter 1|12 pages

Requirements of Metropolitan Area Network Services

chapter Chapter 2|14 pages

Roles of MPLS in Metropolitan Area Networks

part 2|155 pages

Traffic Engineering Aspects of Metropolitan Area Networks

chapter Chapter 3|12 pages

Traffic Engineering Concepts

chapter Chapter 4|7 pages

Functions of Trunk Attributes

chapter Chapter 5|21 pages

Constraint-Based Routing

chapter Chapter 6|41 pages

Resource Reservation Protocol and Traffic Engineering

chapter Chapter 7|69 pages

Traffic Engineering Metro Area Networks

part 3|52 pages

Reliability Aspect of Metropolitan Area Networks

chapter Chapter 8|50 pages

Reliability in MPLS-Based Metropolitan Area Networks

part 4|128 pages

Service Aspect of Metropolitan Area Networks

chapter Chapter 9|76 pages

Layer-3 and Layer-2 MPLS VPNs

chapter Chapter 10|50 pages

Virtual Private LAN Services

part 5|36 pages

Quality-of-Service Aspect of Metropolitan Area Networks

chapter Chapter 11|34 pages

QoS and MPLS