Q: Why haven’t you
heard about MPLS before?
A: Probably because of the
availability and/or price range
Q: Why should you care
about MPLS now?
A: Probably because of the
availability and/or price range…
MPLS
- MPLS stands for Multi Protocol Label Switching
- MPLS is a packet forwarding method based on labels attached to the packet and a label forwarding table with minimal lookup overhead
- With MPLS the packet forwarding decision is no longer based on IP header and routing table
- Efficiency of forwarding process is the main benefit of MPLS
