Chapter 11. MPLS Applications

Traffic Engineering

MPLS

Configuring MPLS-Signaled LSPs

Configuring Explicit-Path LSPs

Configuring Miscellaneous MPLS Properties

RSVP

Configuring RSVP and MPLS

LDP

Circuit Cross-Connect

Traffic engineering has become an extremely important tool for ISPs as they struggle to keep pace with the ever-increasing volume of Internet traffic. The approach of Juniper Networks and the IETF to traffic engineering are MPLS applications that provide a traffic engineering solution based on the Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP), and Label Distribution Protocol (LDP).

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