MPLS Network Management

Preface

Several years ago, there were only a handful of deployments of Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) technology, and those were restricted to researchers or nonproduction networks. Even in practice, MPLS was largely still theory. Over the past several years, MPLS has matured as a technology, and its acceptance and popularity in the marketplace has grown by leaps and bounds. Today a large percentage of the Internet’s traffic traverses MPLS-enabled networks run by service providers, and this number seems to only continue to grow. Many of the largest service providers are now using MPLS technology within their networks not only to carry basic core network traffic, but also for the advanced applications and services that can be deployed ...