Foreword

MPLS has established itself as one of the fundamental technologies in the data networking world. Given the way networks are evolving, it is becoming clear that future data networks will have to carry a variety of service types, ranging from voice and video to reliable high-bandwidth data exchange. Since such networks are extremely critical to businesses, the availability of these networks has to be extremely high, combined with very low convergence time in case of failures. They also should offer differentiated quality of service. Fortunately, MPLS is a technology that has arrived and is ready to meet all those challenges. Needless to say, any network professional who aspires to participate in the future of data networks must be well ...

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