MPLS-Enabled Applications: Emerging Developments and New Technologies

MPLS-Enabled Applications: Emerging Developments and New Technologies, 9780470014530 (0470014539), John Wiley & Sons, 2005

Our aim in writing this book was to describe the latest developments
in MPLS. The field is moving so fast that some new applications of
MPLS have already been deployed in production networks, yet are
not described anywhere in book form. In many cases, the only
available resources are the IETF drafts which list the extensions
that vendors must implement in order to produce interoperable
implementations. These documents often assume familiarity with
the problem at hand and omit the details on why a particular solution
has been chosen or what are the pros and cons of using it. This book
attempts to fill this gap and provide the reader with an understanding
of both the problem and why the solution looks the way
it does.

Therefore, when we describe the protocol mechanisms underpinning
an MPLS application, the emphasis is on giving an overview of
the protocol machinery without delving into the bits and bytes of
each protocol message. This allows us to convey the concepts without
making it difficult to see the wood for the trees. Also, some of the
mechanisms that we write about are currently being defined, so some
of the details of the protocol messages may change, but the concepts
are less likely to. References at the end of each chapter point to the
documents describing the message formats and processing rules.

Although we both happen to work for the same router vendor, the
book is not vendor-specific. Occasionally we point out some vendorspecific
quirks, if they are relevant to the discussion at hand or aid in
understanding any particular topic. Many of the topics discussed are
still under discussion and debate in the IETF, and naturally sometimes
our personal views on one topic or another may be stated more
strongly than the opposing view.

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