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- MPLS and Next-Generation Networks: Foundations for NGN and Enterprise Virtualization
- MPLS and Next-Generation Networks: Foundations for NGN and Enterprise Virtualization
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- About the Authors
- About the Technical Reviewers
- Acknowledgments
- Icons Used in This Book
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Part 1: The Business Case for MPLS
- Chapter 1. The Dynamics of Service Creation and Deployment
- Industry Dynamics and Challenges
- What About the Enterprise Market?
- Business Drivers and Requirements
- Service Providers and Enterprise: The Battle of Outsourcing Versus Do-It-Yourself
- Subscribing to a Managed Layer 3 MPLS VPN Service
- The Case for Building VPNsLayer 2 or Layer 3
- Existing TechnologiesFrame Relay, ATM, and IP-Based Networks: What Can They Solve?
- Service Examples
- Summary
- Chapter 2. The Scope of Service Types
- Overview of Layer 2 Services
- Next-Generation Network Overview and Interworking Functions
- Layer 3 Services
- Remote Access
- Value-Added Services
- Summary
- Part 2: The Technical Case for MPLS
- Chapter 3. Technology Overview: Making the Technology Case for MPLS and Technology Details
- Available Technologies and Options
- Why MPLS? (High-Level Detail)
- MPLS and Quality of Service
- Benefits
- MPLS Technology Details
- Layer 3 VPNs
- Carrier Supporting Carrier and Inter-Provider Autonomous Systems
- Traffic Engineering
- DiffServ
- Layer 2 VPNs
- Summary
- Part 3: Mpl Services and Components
- Chapter 4. Layer 2 VPNs
- Taxonomy
- Introducing AToM
- Layer 2 Interworking
- Virtual Private LAN Service
- Provisioning and Signaling
- Benefits of L2VPNs
- Inter-AS L2VPNs
- Supported IETF Standards
- Summary
- Standards and References
- Chapter 5. Layer 3 VPNs
- Technology Overview
- Corporate Intranet
- Corporate Extranet
- Internet Access
- Scaling MPLS VPNs to Multi-AS, Multi-Provider, and Hierarchical Networks
- Heterogeneous Networks
- Managed Central Services
- Supported IETF Drafts
- Summary
- Chapter 6. Remote Access and IPSec Integration with MPLS VPNs
- Technology Overview
- PE-CE Routing Protocols
- Scalability and Network Convergence for Remote Access
- Summary
- Chapter 7. MPLS Security
- Security and NGN
- Security Overview and MPLS
- MPLS VPN and Security
- Attack Scenarios
- IPSec
- Layer 2 and Unmanaged VPN Service Considerations
- Overall Best Practice Recommendations
- Summary
- Standards and References
- Chapter 8. Traffic Engineering
- Problem Statement
