Title :
Performance of label stacking capable MPLS reconfigurable networks
Author :
Ghizzi, Marco ; Cerutti, I. ; Castoldi, Piero ; Fumagalli, Andrea
Author_Institution :
Scuola Superiore Sant´´Anna di Studi Univ. e di Perfezionamento, Pisa, Italy
Abstract :
The label stacking mechanism of MPLS is studied in this paper. LSP encapsulation is shown to be able to reduce the MPLS control plane workload, while maintaining the data network blocking probability at acceptable levels.
Keywords :
data encapsulation; multiprotocol label switching; network topology; probability; MPLS reconfigurable networks; data encapsulation; label stacking mechanism; network blocking probability; network topology; Bandwidth; Communication system traffic control; Encapsulation; Multiprotocol label switching; Peer to peer computing; Protocols; Quality of service; Stacking; Streaming media; Uniform resource locators;
Conference_Titel :
Local and Metropolitan Area Networks, 2004. LANMAN 2004. The 13th IEEE Workshop on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8551-9
DOI :
10.1109/LANMAN.2004.1338417
