MPLS

• Overview of Routing and MPLS
  • Layer 3 Routing
  • Native Hop-by-Hop Network Layer Routing
  • Next Hop Selection Functions
  • Label Switching
  • MPLS Forwarding Paradigm
  • Integration of IP and ATM
  • Advantages of MPLS Forwarding over Conventional Network Layer Forwarding
  • Why MPLS?

• Label Switch Routers (LSRs)
  • LSR Basics
  • ATM LSRs
  • LSR Routing Operation

• MPLS Labels
  • MPLS Labels Basics
  • Label Encapsulation
  • Label Assignment and Distribution
  • Upstream and Downstream LSR
  • Label Distribution:  Purpose
  • Label Distribution:  Protocols
  • Label Distribution:  Methods
  • Label Retention Modes
  • Label Switched Path (LSP)
  • LSP Setup Control

• Route Selection
  • Basics
  • Standard IP and MPLS
  • IP Forwarding
  • MPLS Label Distribution
  • Label Switched Path (LSP)
  • Explicitly Routed LSP (ER-LSP):  Basics, Example, Advantages
  • Hop-by-Hop versus Explicit Routing

• MPLS Architecture
  • MPLS Operation
  • MPLS Node Architecture
  • MPLS Elements
  • Loop Survival, Detection, and Prevention in MPLS

• Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) and MPLS
  • Overview of VPNs
  • Connection-Oriented VPNs
  • Connectionless VPNs
  • Comparison of VPN Technologies
  • MPLS VPN Operation
  • Layer 2 MPLS VPNs
  • Layer 3 MPLS VPNs
  • Route Reflectors
  • Trace Route Enhancements
  • Advantages of MPLS VPNs
  • MPLS VPN Management

• MPLS Traffic Engineering
  • The Need for Traffic Engineering on the Internet
  • Unequal-Cost Load Balancing via Metric Manipulation
  • Advantages of MPLS Traffic Engineering
  • MPLS Traffic Engineering Elements (Dynamic/Static LSPs)
  • MPLS Traffic Engineering Configuration
  • Configuration Case Study of an MPLS Traffic-Engineered Network (IS-IS)
  • Configuration Case Study of an MPLS Traffic-Engineered Network (OSPF)

• MPLS and Quality of Service (QoS)
  • Introduction to Quality of Service
  • Overbuild vs. Preferential Treatment of Packets
  • Integrated Services
  • IP Precedence
  • Differentiated Services
  • Modular QoS CLI
  • MPLS Implementation of DiffServ
  • MPLS VPN Support of QoS
  • MPLS QoS Implementation
  • Configuring QoS for MPLS VPNs
  • MPLS QoS Case Study

• MPLS Design
  • MPLS VPN Design and Topologies
  • Designing MPLS Networks
  • Additional MPLS Design Considerations

• MPLS and Emerging Technologies
  • Control Planes and MPLS
  • Fixing the Problems of SONET
  • Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) and Automatic Switched Optical Network (ASON)
  • Separation of Connectivity and Services: Next Generation Network (NGN)
  • Getting Rid of SONET: MPLS and Optical Transport Network (OTN)
  • MPLS and Emerging Very High Speed Ethernet (>100 Mb/s)
  • New Architectures for Layer 2 Functionality
  • Virtualization and Software Defined Networking (SDN)
  • Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) and MPLS

•  Conclusion: Recap, Q/A, and Evaluation