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The Role of MPLS Technology in Next Generation Networks

Overview This paper is part of a series about IP Networking and the Alcatel 7770 Routing Core Platform. This paper discusses MPLS as a key technology that will enable IP networks to become more robust, reliable and ready for the demands of next generation services that can support business applications in addition to customer-based Internet services. This paper describes: Alcatel?s vision of the role of MPLS in next generation networks, the key to doing MPLS well: traffic management and traffic engineering, the Alcatel MPLS-enabled next generation solution.

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Publisher	Allied Telesyn	File Format	PDF
Date Published	October 2000	Downloads	15
Format	White Papers
Topics	TCP - IP, MPLS

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