Compara mètodes

	Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)	Protocol de Passarel·la de Frontera (BGP)	Serveis Diferenciats (DiffServ)	Xarxes definides per programari (SDN)
Camp	Telecomunicacions	Telecomunicacions	Telecomunicacions	Telecomunicacions
Família	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Any d'origen	2001	1989	1998	2008
Autor original	IETF MPLS Working Group	IETF Routing Protocols Working Group	IETF DiffServ Working Group	Nick McKeown et al.
Tipus	label-based forwarding paradigm	path-vector routing protocol	QoS architecture	programmable network paradigm
Font seminal	Rosen, E. C., Viswanathan, A., & Callon, R. (2001). Multiprotocol Label Switching Architecture. RFC 3031.	Rekhter, Y., Li, T., & Hares, S. (2006). A Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4). RFC 4271.	Blake, S., Black, D., Carlson, M., et al. (1998). An Architecture for Differentiated Services. RFC 2475.	McKeown, N., Anderson, T., Balakrishnan, H., et al. (2008). OpenFlow: enabling innovation in campus networks. ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review, 38(2), 69-74.
Àlies	label switching, traffic engineering	exterior gateway protocol, inter-domain routing	quality of service, QoS architecture	network virtualization, programmable networks
Relacionats	4	2	3	4
Resum	Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) is a forwarding paradigm that prepends a short label to packets, enabling routers to make forwarding decisions based on the label rather than IP destination address. Introduced by IETF (2001), MPLS was designed to enable traffic engineering, VPN creation, and fast rerouting in IP networks. While MPLS complexity is high, it remains foundational in service provider backbones for traffic engineering and Quality of Service (QoS) provisioning.	BGP is the de facto standard routing protocol for interconnecting autonomous systems (ASs) on the Internet. Since its introduction in 1989, BGP has scaled the Internet to millions of routers and trillions of destinations. BGP is path-vector-based, using a flexible policy system to control route propagation and selection. While BGP convergence can be slow and policies complex, it remains the only viable protocol for Internet-scale inter-domain routing.	DiffServ is a QoS architecture providing scalable, class-based service differentiation in networks. Introduced by IETF (1998), DiffServ marks packets with a Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP) in the IP header, enabling routers to apply per-hop-behaviors (PHBs) based on markings. Unlike IntServ (which reserves resources per-flow), DiffServ is stateless and scalable to Internet scale. DiffServ remains the primary QoS mechanism in ISP and enterprise networks.	Software-Defined Networking (SDN) is a network architecture paradigm that decouples the control plane (routing decisions) from the data plane (packet forwarding). Introduced by McKeown et al. (2008) with OpenFlow, SDN enables network programmability by centralizing control logic in software-based controllers that direct forwarding behavior of simple programmable switches. SDN has transformed network operations, enabling rapid service deployment, traffic engineering, and cloud integration. It is now foundational in data centers and service provider networks.