On the prevalence and characteristics of MPLS deployments in the open Internet

J Sommers, P Barford, B Eriksson - Proceedings of the 2011 ACM …, 2011 - dl.acm.org
Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) is a mechanism that enables service providers to
specify virtual paths through IP networks. The use of MPLS in the open Internet (ie, public …

Revealing MPLS tunnels obscured from traceroute

B Donnet, M Luckie, P Mérindol… - ACM SIGCOMM Computer …, 2012 - dl.acm.org
Operators have deployed Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) in the Internet for over a
decade. However, its impact on Internet topology measurements is not well known, and it is …

Beyond mpls... less is more

C Metz, C Barth, C Filsfils - IEEE Internet Computing, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multiprotocol label switching possesses a simple data plane that has enabled new services
and functions operating in many service provider networks. Yet, the MPLS control plane can …

The IETF multiprotocol label switching standard: The MPLS transport profile case

L Andersson, S Bryant - IEEE Internet Computing, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multiprocol label switching (MPLS) is a technology for traffic engineering for and the
optimization of IP networks. It's also an enabling technology for building applications on top …

Through the wormhole: Tracking invisible MPLS tunnels

Y Vanaubel, P Mérindol, JJ Pansiot… - Proceedings of the 2017 …, 2017 - dl.acm.org
For years, Internet topology research has been conducted through active measurement. For
instance, Caida builds router level topologies on top of IP level traces obtained with …

Let there be light: Revealing hidden MPLS tunnels with TNT

JR Luttringer, Y Vanaubel, P Mérindol… - … on Network and …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Internet topology discovery aims at analyzing one of the most complex distributed systems
currently deployed. Usually, it relies on measurement campaigns using hop-limited probes …

On the Cost of Using MPLS for Interdomain Trafic

S Uhlig, O Bonaventure - Quality of Future Internet Services: First COST …, 2000 - Springer
Abstract Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) is currently heavily used inside autonomous
systems for trafic engineering and VPN purposes. We study the cost of using MPLS to carry …

BGP convergence in virtual private networks

D Pei, J Van der Merwe - Proceedings of the 6th ACM SIGCOMM …, 2006 - dl.acm.org
Multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) virtual private networks (VPNs) have had significant
and growing commercial deployments. In this paper we present the first systematic study of …

[图书][B] The MPLS Primer: an introduction to multiprotocol label switching

S Harnedy - 2001 - dl.acm.org
From the Publisher: The complete guide to MPLS for the working network professional.
MPLS for the working network professional Traffic engineering, VPNs, QoS, and path …

Exploring the trade-off between label size and stack depth in MPLS routing

A Gupta, A Kumar, R Rastogi - IEEE INFOCOM 2003. Twenty …, 2003 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multiprotocol label switching or MPLS technology is being increasingly deployed by several
of the largest Internet service providers to solve problems such as traffic engineering and to …