October 2003
Intermediate to advanced
240 pages
6h 25m
English
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- Data Packet Transport (DPT).
A Media Access Control protocol that adds resiliency and protection to packet networks deployed in a ring topology.
- Decoupled Transparent LAN Service (DTLS).
A service that emulates a LAN over an IP/MPLS network, similar to VPLS. DTLS, however, proposes to remove any L2 switching from the provider edge devices and restrict the L2 switching to the customer edge devices.
- detour LSP.
An LSP that is set up to reroute the traffic in case the main LSP fails.
- Diffserv.
A method used to classify IP packets so that different classes receive different quality of service treatment when forwarded in the network.