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Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) and Core Router Testing

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Overview The new breed of routers on the market has been designed to meet more demanding requirements in the core network. To varying degrees, the routing/switching functions have been implemented in specialized hardware. Many new core routers also support MPLS. While traditional metrics are useful in quantifying performance in the data plane, they do not provide meaningful measurements in the control plane. Full testing of the performance of these devices requires close coordination of user plane traffic generation and control plane emulation.

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Publisher	Spirent Communications	File Format	PDF
Date Published	March 2003
Format	White Papers
Topics	Switching, MPLS

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