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    1. Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) directs data through networks based on short labels rather than long addresses, operating at layer 2.5 between the data link and network layers. 2. MPLS supports various access technologies and can carry different traffic types through assigning packets to forwarding equivalence classes indicated by labels. 3. Subsequent routers use the label to determine the new class and next hop without analyzing headers, providing traffic engineering and VPN services.

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    1. Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) directs data through networks based on short labels rather than long addresses, operating at layer 2.5 between the data link and network layers. 2. MPLS supports various access technologies and can carry different traffic types through assigning packets to forwarding equivalence classes indicated by labels. 3. Subsequent routers use the label to determine the new class and next hop without analyzing headers, providing traffic engineering and VPN services.

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    1. Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) directs data through networks based on short labels rather than long addresses, operating at layer 2.5 between the data link and network layers. 2. MPLS supports various access technologies and can carry different traffic types through assigning packets to forwarding equivalence classes indicated by labels. 3. Subsequent routers use the label to determine the new class and next hop without analyzing headers, providing traffic engineering and VPN services.

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    DATA COMMUNICATION

    NETWORKS

    ASSIGNMENT:01

    B.S. (SE) 2016

    Name Enrolment Seat number


    RABBYA MANZAR 2016/Comp/BS(SE)/20034 1619817

    Date: 21 March 2018

    DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

    JINNAH UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN


    5-C NAZIMABAD, KARACHI 74600
    Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)

     Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) is a type of data-carrying


    technique for high-performance telecommunications networks. MPLS
    directs data from one network node to the next based on short path
    labels rather than long network addresses, avoiding complex lookups
    in a routing table. The labels identify virtual links (paths) between
    distant nodes rather than endpoints. MPLS can encapsulate packets of
    various network protocols, hence its name "multiprotocol".
     Often referred to as "Layer 2.5 protocol" MPLS technology operates
    between the Data Link layer (Layer 2) and the Network Layer (Layer
    2) of the OSI Model. MPLS is part of the family of packet-switched
    networks. It was designed primarily to provide a unified data-carrying
    service for Circuit-based as well as Circuit-switching clients. Both the
    clients offer a datagram service model. ". MPLS supports a range of
    access technologies, including T1/E1, ATM, Frame Relay, and DSL.
    Multiprotocol Label Switching enables to carry diverse types of traffic
    such as Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), Internet Protocol (IP)
    packets, Synchronous Optical Networking (SONET), and Ethernet
    frames.
     With MPLS, the first time a packet enters the network, it’s assigned to
    a specific forwarding equivalence class (FEC), indicated by
    appending a short bit sequence (the label) to the packet. Each router in
    the network has a table indicating how to handle packets of a specific
    FEC type, so once the packet has entered the network, routers don’t
    need to perform header analysis. Instead, subsequent routers use the
    label as an index into a table that provides them with a new FEC for
    that packet.
     MPLS is available in two types:
    1. Layer 2 VPLS (Virtual Private LAN Services)
    2. Layer 3 IP VPN (IP Virtual Private Network)
     The major benefits of MPLS networks include:
    1. Traffic Engineering - The capacity to determine the path that the
    traffic will take through the network.
    2. MPLS VPN - Service providers can create IP tunnels all over their
    networks using MPLS, which does not necessitate encryption or end-
    user applications
    3. Layer 2 services (ATM, ethernet, frame relay) can carried over the
    MPLS core
    4. Simplified network management through elimination of multiple
    layers

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