K–L
k values.

Values used to determine the effect that the bandwidth, delay, load, and reliability will have on the total metric EIGRP used to reach a destination.

label.

A short, fixed-length header that may be used instead of an IP address to determine how to switch a packet.

label stack.

A stack of labels; an LSR evaluates the top label to switch the packet, and as labels are popped, the stack becomes shorter, exposing other switching information. Label stacks are a way of tunneling packets through an MPLS network.

Label Switching Router.
See [LSR. Label Switching Router. An MPLS-capable router or switch.]
link-state.

A routing protocol in which each router advertises the state of its links to all other routers on the network through a flooding ...

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