ASIA PACIFIC NETWORX – MPLS Course Outline 1v1

Why MPLS ?

MPLS Positioning

•         Hop-by-hop vs. source routing to establish labels

•         Using labels native to the media

•         Multi level label substitution transport

Routing Techniques

•         BROADCAST

•         HOP BY HOP ROUTING

•         SOURCE ROUTING

MPLS: How does it work?

MPLS Terminology

•         LDP: Label Distribution Protocol

•         LSP: Label Switched Path

•         FEC: Forwarding Equivalence Class

•         LSR: Label Switching Router

•         LER: Label Edge Router

Label Encapsulations

•         MPLS Link Layers

•         MPLS Encapsulation - ATM

•         MPLS Encapsulation – Frame Relay

•         MPLS Encapsulation – PPP & LAN Data Links

Label Distribution Protocols

•         Hop-by-hop vs Explicit

•         Label Distribution Protocol (LDP)

•         Constraint-based Routing LDP (CR-LDP)

•         Extensions to RSVP

•         Extensions to BGP

MPLS & ATM

•         Modes of Operation

•         Label-Controlled ATM

•         Tunneling Through ATM

•         Ships in the Night with ATM

•         ATM Merge

•         VC Merge

•         VP Merge

MPLS Traffic Engineering Methods

MPLS & IPv6

MPLS Implementations

•         From the Carrier perspective

•         From the End User perspective

•         QoS, SLAs and Performance Management