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MPLS

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.

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Multiprotocol Label Switching
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / telecommunications
  • Rosen, E. C., Viswanathan, A., & Callon, R. (2001). Multiprotocol Label Switching Architecture. RFC 3031. · URL
  • Awduche, D. O., Malcolm, J., Agogbua, J., et al. (2002). Requirements for Traffic Engineering over MPLS. RFC 2702. · URL
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Same method familyBGPmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familyDiffServmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familyOSPFmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familySoftware-Defined Networkingmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.

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