satisfy different types of traffic. Multiprotocol label switching belongs to the family of packet-switched networks. MPLS operates at a layer that is generally...

network path. Traffic aggregates of varying granularity are associated with a label-switched path at an ingress node, and packets/cells within each label-switched...

maintain label-switched path (LSP) databases that are used to forward traffic through MPLS networks. LDP can be used to distribute the inner label (VC/VPN/service...

used. Thus, a forward equivalence class tends to correspond to a label-switched path (LSP). The reverse is not true, however: an LSP may be (and usually...

traffic should follow, and provides the route for each label-switched path (LSP) that is set up. Path computation has previously been performed either in...

of any kind, such as Ethernet, virtual circuits, tunnels and MPLS label-switched paths. BFD establishes a session between two endpoints over a particular...

generally allows the establishment of Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) label-switched paths (LSPs), taking into consideration network constraint...

its capabilities such as setup paths beyond what is available for the routing protocol. For instance, a label-switched path can be set up based on explicit...

psychedelic analogue of LSD with slightly lower binding affinity. Label-switched path, path through an MPLS network Language Server Protocol, a JSON protocol...

functionality. These changes and additions impact basic label-switched path (LSP) properties: how labels are requested and communicated, the unidirectional...

recording and flooding RSVP signaled bandwidth reservations for label-switched paths within the link-state database. RFC 3717 documents work in optical...

packet switches, the flow may be identified by IEEE 802.1Q Virtual LAN tagging in Ethernet networks, or by a label-switched path in MPLS tag switching. Packet...

optionally, the destination port. In Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) a flow is defined as a label-switched path (LSP). For each flow, RSVP also identifies...

Technology, and it is one kind of multipoint Label Switched Path (LSP). Other kinds of multipoint Label Switched Path (LSP) will include: P2MP LSP and MP2MP...

between calls. Public switched telephone network (PSTN) B channel of ISDN Circuit Switched Data (CSD) and High-Speed Circuit-Switched Data (HSCSD) service...

(GPRS) Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), which can be used for IP over virtual circuits. Each circuit is identified by a label. MPLS is unreliable...

resulting interference fringes give information about the difference in optical path lengths. In analytical science, interferometers are used to measure lengths...

can be established with RSVP-TE, Segment Routing, IS-IS, MPLS-TE label-switched path (LSP), or a software-defined networking layer. IETF Traffic Engineering...

networks to establish traffic-engineered Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) label-switched paths. The IETF also defined Next Steps in Signaling (NSIS)...

may be delivered over different paths. Connection-oriented communication may be implemented with a circuit switched connection, or a packet-mode virtual...

An ingress router is a label switch router that is a starting point (source) for a given label-switched path (LSP). An ingress router may be an egress...

(RSVP-TE). In MPLS local protection each label-switched path (LSP) passing through a facility is protected by a backup path which originates at the node immediately...

An egress router is a label switch router that is an end point (drain) for a given label-switched path (LSP). An egress router may be an ingress router...

it sits in an MPLS network and is responsible for establishing label-switched paths between the PE routers. Provider edge router (PE): An MPLS-specific...

4448). Ethernet links are transported as "pseudowires" using MPLS label-switched paths (LSPs) inside an outer MPLS "tunnel". This strategy can support both...

often designed with switches that use routing protocols such as Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) or Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) for reliability...

of point to point paths called Label Switched Paths (LSP). These LSPs creation are between a head-end and a tail-end label switch router (LSR). In the...

Automatic Switched Transport Network (ASTN) allows traffic paths to be set up through a switched network automatically. The term ASTN replaces the term...

In graph theory, the shortest path problem is the problem of finding a path between two vertices (or nodes) in a graph such that the sum of the weights...

the network determine the path incrementally based on the packet's destination. Another routing alternative, label switching, is used in connection-oriented...