April 18, 2017 When you are moving up the network ladder, you might come across an opportunity to enter the MPLS world. That’s when you realize that MPLS is much different from the IP world you have dealt with so far.

If you are new to MPLS and are looking to understand what the various MPLS terminologies mean and their functions, here are some MPLS fundamentals for you to get a quick start. MPLS Virtual Private Networks Luca CittadiniGiuseppe Di BattistaMaurizio Patrignani Summary This chapter is devoted to Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) designed with Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) [14,15,1], one of the most elusive protocols of the network stack. Saying that MPLS is “elusive” is.

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But the fact is that MPLS is much easier than it appears to be if you understand what the frequently used MPLS terms mean and what they do. So, if you are new to MPLS and have been trying to figure out some MPLS fundamentals, read on.

MPLS Basics IP-based Forwarding In, each router that receives a packet looks up the next hop IP address in its routing table and then forwards the packet to the next router until it reaches its destination. There are several limitations to this method, such as the lack of scalability, the need for expensive ASICs that perform IP routing lookups, lack of support for traffic engineering, the inability to support multi-service networks, and poor integration with backbone networks running Layer 2. MPLS or Multi-Protocol Label Switching This is a switching technology that forwards data from one source to its destination using labels rather than IP addresses. With, only the first device does a routing lookup and identifies the destination and a path from the source to destination. The router then applies a label based on this information, which is then used by the routers along the path to route traffic to the destination without the need for any IP lookups. Upon reaching the destination, the label is removed and the packet is delivered using IP routing. MPLS allows the implementation of traffic engineering, because the path is pre-determined and can work in the Layer 2 backbone as well as over IP-routing networks.

Forwarding Equivalence Class (FEC) FEC is a group of packets with similar characteristics that are forwarded in the same manner over the same path and with the same forwarding treatment. Label Edge Router (LER) This is the router where the MPLS process starts. An LER is a router that operates at the edge of an MPLS network and is the entry and exit point to the MPLS network. It is the LER that determines the path, pushes an MPLS label onto an incoming packet based on the path to be taken, and encapsulates a packet inside an MPLS Label Switched Path (LSP), defined below. The LER can also be the “Egress Node” when it is the final router at the end of an LSP and is the exit point from the MPLS network. When acting as the Egress Node, the LER removes (pops) the MPLS label from a packet before it is forwarded over IP or the underlying network. Label Switching Router (LSR) Also known as the transit router, the LSRs are routers that lie along a label switched path established by LERs between a source and destination pair.