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Mpls Technology and Applications

Name: Mpls Technology and Applications
Author: Bruce S. Davie,Yakov Rekhter
ISBN: 9781558606562

by Bruce S. Davie, Yakov Rekhter

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Overview

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) is now a widely deployed technology, which addresses a variety of issues, including traffic engineering, Quality of Service, Virtual Private Networks, and IP/ATM integration. MPLS: Technology and Applications is the first book that provides a detailed analysis of the architecture, protocols, and application of MPLS.

Written by experts who personally authored key parts of the standard, this book will enable network operators and designers to determine which aspects of networks would benefit from MPLS. It is also a definitive reference for engineers implementing MPLS-based products.

Features:

Covers major applications of MPLS: traffic engineering, VPNs, IP/ATM integration, and QoS
Describes all the major protocols that comprise MPLS, including LDP, RSVP, and CR-LDP
Goes beyond the RFCs to explain how and why key design decisions were made
Provides a complete discussion of constraint-based routing

"...presents a definitive introduction to the underlying principles of MPLS, then develops a rational view of its real benefits & applications. Helps readers evaluate MPLS as a potential solution fo their networking needs."

About the Author, Bruce S. Davie,Yakov Rekhter

Yakov Rekhter works at Cisco Systems, Inc., where he is a Cisco Fellow. He is one of the leading designers of Tag Switching, BGP/MPLS VPNs, and MPLS Traffic Engineering. He is also one of the leading designers of Border Gateway Protocol (BGP). He is the author/co-author of many RFCs, as well as numerous presentations, papers, and articles on TCP/IP and the Internet.

Bruce Davie works at Cisco Systems in Chelmsford, Mass., where he is a Cisco Fellow. He leads a group working on the development of MPLS and quality of service capabilities for IP networks. He is the author of numerous journal articles and RFCs, and two prior books on computer networks. He is an active member of both the Internet Engineering Task Force and the End-to-End research group.