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Traffic Engineering with MPLS Ajay Simha, Eric Osborne
Publisher: Cisco Press

Posted by Kim on September 2, 2012 Leave a comment (3) Go to comments. In my post entitled The rise and maturity of MPLS I said that one of the principle reasons for a carrier to implement MPLS was the need for what is known as traffic engineering in their core IP networks. In order to implement MPLS traffic engineering, we must run link state IGP in our network. VPN membership; QoS; Traffic Engineering; Emulation of any Layer-2 technology. MPLS TE explicit paths are usually used in combination with an offline network analysis and simulation tool to optimize the backbone utilization based on observed flows across the backbone. That means either OSPF or IS-IS. Beyond its emphasis on MPLS, you'll learn about applications and deployments associated with MPLS, such as traffic engineering (TE), Layer 2 virtual private networks (VPN), and Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS). One stop shop for all transportation news and information. MPLS traffic engineering automatically establishes and maintains the tunnel across the backbone, using RSVP. Packets are sent based on MPLS lable instead of the conventional packet's destination IP address. I know MPLS has not changed much but most of the books that I have seen are about 5 years old. I was wondering if someone could point out recommended readings for MPLS VPN's and also Traffic Engineering. Some examples of MPLS applications, in addition to basic IP destination-based routing, including. Mpls ldp router-id Loopback0 force ! €�mpls traffic-eng tunnels”. Node protection using MPLS-TE Fast ReRoute. Enable TE functions globally on the router as well as interfaces that are possible candidates to be chosen for TE LSP paths.