Previously, Force10 Networks (News - Alert), a provider of network business solutions, designed the ExaScale E-Series family of switch/routers to meet the stringent performance, management and cost ...

Multi-protocol Label Switching (MPLS) has become one of the hot new technologies — a darling of IP and ATM vendors, espoused by edge and core players alike. It even has its own forum, a sure sign of ...

Many design engineers involved in traffic engineering, particularly those with an ATM background, may find some dual frustrations with multiprotocol label (or lambda) switching (MPLS). First, no one ...

Multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) deployments to date have been focused on providing traffic engineering and network-based IP virtual private network (VPN) capabilities to IP core networks, and to ...

Smart packet processor performs core and MAN switching/routing functions and supports layer-3 MPLS features. Switching systems continue to be called on to deliver higher packet throughputs and higher ...

A sea change in networking that happens every ten to 11 years saw the arrival of multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) in 2000, and another inflection point in the industry is set to break existing ...

Nortel Networks today said it will implement Multi-protocol Label Switching as a common signaling protocol across its entire optical, wireless and core IP product line. Implementing MPLS and ...

In the last two posts I discussed the role of FECs in MPLS networks, and implicit and explicit null labels. In this brief post I’d like to discuss MPLS label stacking, as a preliminary to a couple of ...

Ohio-based network provider First Communications is planning to deploy a multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) network architecture across its network when it completes the rollout of dense wavelength ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Global Managed MPLS Market - Segmented by Type of Service (Level 2 VPN, Level 3 VPN), End-user (IT and Telecom, Healthcare, BFSI), and Region - Growth, Trends, and ...

Discussing the latest news and views about networking, telecoms and broadband. Although SDN and other networking techniques are transforming how networks are architected and operate, they do not ...

(1) A network switch that not only handles data, but adequately supports the real-time transmission of voice and video. (2) A network device that supports multiple switching and routing protocols. For ...