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MPLS and Next-Generation Networks: Foundations for NGN and Enterprise Virtualization
By Monique Morrow, Azhar Sayeed
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Publisher: Cisco Press
Pub Date: November 06, 2006
Print ISBN-10: 1-58720-120-8
Print ISBN-13: 978-1-58720-120-2
Pages: 422

Table of Contents  | Index

		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
				Technology Overview
				TE Applications and Examples
				Protection and Restoration
				Scaling MPLS TE
				MPLS Traffic Engineering and Multicast
				Standards and References
				Summary
			Chapter 9.  Quality of Service
				Problem Statement
				Standards and References
				Summary
			Chapter 10.  Multicast and NGNs
				Problem Statement
				MPLS Multicast VPN Overview
				MPLS Multicast VPN Applications and Examples
				Multicast Security and Management Considerations
				Standards and References
				Summary
			Chapter 11.  IPv6 and MPLS
				Problem Statement
				Technology Overview
				Management and IPv6
				Summary
		Part 4:  Bringing Your MPLS Plan Together
			Chapter 12.  Network Management and Provisioning
				Problem Statement
				Fault Management, Configuration Management, Accounting Management, Performance Management, and Security Management
				VRF-Aware ICMP Ping and LSP Ping/Trace Mechanisms
				Dealing with Equal Cost Multipaths
				Virtual Circuit Connection Verification and Bidirectional Forwarding Detection
				A Word About Interworking OAM
				Generic Failure Types
				Configuration Management for MPLS-Based Networks
				Accounting for MPLS-Based Networks
				Performance Management for MPLS-Based Networks
				Security Management for MPLS-Based Networks
				Per-VPN Management
				Standards and References
				Summary
			Chapter 13.  Design Considerations: Putting it All Together
				VRF-Aware Feature
				NAT-PE System Flow
				Deployment Guideline Summary
				Management, Provisioning, and Troubleshooting
				Equipment Scalability Versus Network Scalability
				Summary
			Chapter 14.  MPLS Case Studies
				The Background on Equant
				VPN Bridge Case Study
				Summary
			Chapter 15.  The Future of MPLS
				Integrating IP and Optical Networks (Transport Area)
				Future Layer 3 Services
				Future Layer 2 Services
				Future Enhancements in Provisioning and Management
				Increasing Enterprise Deployment of MPLS
				Summary
				A View from George Swallow
				A View from Adrian Farrell
		Index