MPLS: Technology and Applications (Morgan Kaufmann Series in Networking) - Softcover

Davie, Bruce S.; Rekhter, Yakov

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1558606564 ISBN 13: 9781558606562

Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann, 2000

Synopsis

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.

* 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

About this title

Review:

A detailed analysis and practical guide to Multiprotocol Label Switching, MPLS: Technology and Applications does a good job of explaining why you'd want to deploy MPLS on your network, before it gives you the details on how to go about the task. The authors, two senior Cisco Systems engineers who are involved directly in the development of MPLS standards and equipment, explain the problems that are inherent in providing IP routing service over Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) links, and show how MPLS does its job. Also, they helpfully discuss emerging ways of providing Virtual Private Network (VPN) services with MPLS. Throughout, the focus is on minimizing network traffic, optimizing routing, and generally using the MPLS toolkit to solve otherwise difficult networking problems. This is a book as much about traffic engineering as any specific technology.

Coverage suffers a bit from a shortage of flow charts, state diagrams, and conceptual drawings. Readers are expected to decode some very long, very dense passages of text without assistance. On the other hand, they are assumed also to know relatively little. MPLS concepts that are probably new to most readers are explained carefully and connected to more familiar internetworking terms and concepts. This book deals with MPLS comprehensively, adequately preparing the network administrator to implement better traffic management. --David Wall

Topics covered: Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), treated comprehensively, both IP-switching and tag-switching approaches to label switching, and the Label Distribution Protocol (LDP). Quality of Service (QoS) and Virtual Private Network (VPN) coverage give the book some practical flavor.

From the Back Cover:

"Written by two of the foremost experts on the subject who illustrate concepts with practical examples of their application. The most authoritative text on MPLS. Highly Recommended!"

-Daniel Awduche

Distinguished Technical Member

UUNET (MCI Worldcom)

"At last a comprehensive presentation of MPLS reflecting its development and usage, this book is a MUST for any Network Engineering Manager contemplating the deployment of MPLS."

-Monique Jeanne Morrow

IP Engineering Manager

Swisscom AG

"Davie and Rekhter provide a detailed and unbiased chronology of the evolution of MPLS. Their scientific approach to decomposing various protocols into their fundamental elements is interwoven with a more pragmatic compilation of diagrams, typical networking scenarios, and applications. Provides a solid knowledge base for researchers and operators dedicated to MPLS and its future."

-Eric Dean

Senior Director, Internetwork Engineering

Global One

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

About this edition

• Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1558606564
• ISBN 13: 9781558606562
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 287