Running MPLS efficiently in ring networks
Speaker:
Ravi Singh, Juniper Networks
MPLS is widely deployed for the key benefits it offers: traffic engineering and fast reroute. MPLS signaling protocols have been built in a very general-purpose manner. Such generality renders them somewhat inefficient in deployment for special network topologies like a ring. MPLS deployments in ring topologies, that are common in access / aggregation networks, end up being more complicated to configure and manage than is strictly necessary. The scarce bandwidth also ends up being used inefficiently. This talk shall: - Describe why MPLS ring topologies are special and thus merit tailor-made MPLS extensions - Describe the mechanics of how to run MPLS more efficiently in a ring network. The efficiency benefits described would cover both the operational (configuration / management) aspect and also the network utilization aspect. - Illustrate the benefits of the MPLS-for-rings extensions compared to running general-purpose MPLS in a ring. - See more at: https://www.nanog.org/meetings/nanog6...