MPLS - 5 Resources

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) is a standards-approved technology for speeding up network traffic flow and making it easier to manage. MPLS involves setting up a specific path for a given sequence of packets, identified by a label put in each packet, thus saving the time needed for a router to look up the address to the next node to forward the packet to. MPLS is called multiprotocol because it works with the Internet Protocol (IP), Asynchronous Transport Mode (ATM), and frame relay network protocols. With reference to the standard model for a network (the Open Systems Interconnection, or OSI model), MPLS allows most packets to be forwarded at the layer 2 (switching) level rather than at the layer 3 (routing) level. In addition to moving traffic faster overall, MPLS makes it easy to manage a network for quality of service (QoS). For these reasons, the technique is expected to be readily adopted as networks begin to carry more and different mixtures of traffic. (What Is)

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Presentations (4)

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Item ID	Title	Resource Category	Pub Date	Views	Ranking
LIVE0918	Emerging Technologies in Higher Education: Big School Solutions to Small School Problems Presentations and Seminars	Web Seminars EDUCAUSE	10/02/2009	356
SER08072	MPLS for the University/Enterprise Network Jonathan Thyer Presentations/Speeches	Southeast Regional	06/02/2008	249
MAC08040	Implementing MPLS VPNs for Network Virtualization and Role-Based Security John O'Keefe and Michael Costello Presentations/Speeches	Mid-Atlantic Regional	01/15/2008	456
SEC07087	Virtualizing Campus Network for Security: Divide and Conquer Robert E. Neale Presentations/Speeches	Security Professionals Conference	04/11/2007	1,918

Blogs (1)

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Title	Blogger	Posted	Views
Tune In October 2: Emerging Technologies in Higher Education	Peggy Kurkowski, EDUCAUSE	09/25/2009	453