MPLS for metropolitan area networks. (©2005)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Nam-Kee Tan.
• Other Names: Tan, Nam-Kee
• Contents: ; METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS AND MPLS; Requirements of Metropolitan Area Network Services; Metropolitan Area Network Overview; The Bandwidth Demand; The Metro Service Provider's Business Approaches; The Emerging Metro Customer Expectations and Needs; Some Prevailing Metro Service Opportunities; Service Aspects and Requirements; ; Roles of MPLS in Metropolitan Area Networks; MPLS Primer; MPLS Applications; ; TRAFFIC ENGINEERING ASPECTS OF METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS; Traffic Engineering Concepts; Network Congestion; Hyper Aggregation Problem; Easing Congestion; Network Control; Tactical versus Strategic Traffic Engineering; IP/ATM Overlay Model; MPLS and Traffic Engineering; MPLS Traffic Engineering Tasks; ; ; Functions of Trunk Attributes; Traffic Parameters; Policing Attributes; Priority Attributes; Preemption Attributes; Resilience Attributes; Generic Path Selection Attributes; Dynamic Path Management Parameters; Basic Operations of Traffic Trunks; ; Constraint-Based Routing; MPLS Traffic Engineering Operation; Limitations of Traditional IGPs; Resource Attributes; OSPF Traffic Engineering; ISIS Traffic Engineering; Constraint-Based Routing Operation; ; ; Resource Reservation Protocol and Traffic Engineering; Terminology; Evolution of RSVP; RSVP-TE Messages and Objects; RSVP-TE Path Setup Operation; Admission Control and Preemption; Forwarding Traffic across an LSP Tunnel; Re-optimization and Rerouting; Scaling RSVP; ; ; Traffic Engineering Metro Area Networks; Background Information; Case Study 7.1: Hop-by-Hop Routed LSPs; Case Study 7.2: Explicitly Routed LSPs (Loose Explicit Route Example); Case Study 7.3: Bandwidth Manipulation (CBR Example 1); Case Study 7.4: Link Affinity (CBR Example 2); ; RELIABILITY ASPECT OF METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS; Reliability in MPLS Based Metropolitan Area Networks; Terminology; Failure Protection Types; RSVP Extensions for Local Repair; Head-End Behavior; Point of Local Repair Behavior; Notification of Local Repair; Case Study 8.1: Path Protection; Case Study 8.2: Fast Reroute with Detour LSPs; ; SERVICE ASPECT OF METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS; Layer-3 and Layer-2 MPLS VPNs; L3 MPLS VPN Overview; Architectural Components of L3 MPLS VPN; L3 MPLS VPN Operation; L2 MPLS VPN Overview; Martini Point-to-Point Tunneling Approach; Case Study 9.1: L3 MPLS VPNs with Static Routes and OSPF; Case Study 9.2: L3 MPLS VPNs with RIPv2 and EBGP; OSPF and L3 MPLS VPN; Case Study 9.3: Deploying OSPF on Customer Side without Area 0 (Using Cisco Routers); ; Virtual Private LAN Services; Multipoint L2 VPN Service; Service Offerings; Functional Components of VPLS; Frame Forwarding; VPLS versus Martini Point-to-Point L2 VPN Service; VPLS Implementation; Scaling LDP-Based VPLS; Comparison between VPLS and L3 MPLS VPN; Case Study 10.1: Virtual Leased Line Service; Case Study 10.2: Virtual Private LAN Services; ; ; ; QUALITY OF SERVICE ASPECT OF METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS; QoS and MPLS; The Need for Different Service Classes; Terminology; QoS Models for MPLS; DiffServ and MPLS; DiffServ-Aware MPLS-TE; Per-VPN QoS Service Models; Case Study 11.1: QoS and L2 MPLS VPN; Case Study 11.2: QoS and L3 MPLS VPN
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, Fla : Auerbach
• Publication Date: 2005
• Copyright Date: 2005
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxxi, 413 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 004.6/2; MPLS standard; Metropolitan area networks (Computer networks); COMPUTERS -- Networking -- Network Protocols; Metropolitan area networks (Computer networks); MPLS standard; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 0203492498; 9780203492499; 9780849322129
• Related ISBNs: 084932212X; 084932212X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-403) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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