Thursday, December 20, 2012

Multiprotocol Label Switching Architecture & LDP


Introduction

Conventional network forwarding
Each router analyzes the coming packet’s header and independently chooses a next hop. Routing algorithm and adequate speed are prerequisite.

MPLS forwarding
All forwarding is driven by the labels, no header analysis needed. Once a packet enters a network, it’s assigned a label. Each router forwards packets according their labels.

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