MPLS and Next-Generation Networks: Foundations for NGN and Enterprise Virtualization
MPLS and Next-Generation Networks: Foundations for NGN and Enterprise Virtualization
ISBN: 1587201208
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2006
Pages: 162
Pages: 162
Authors: Azhar Sayeed, Monique J. Morrow
- 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
- 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 PingTrace 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
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Z
MPLS and Next-Generation Networks: Foundations for NGN and Enterprise Virtualization
ISBN: 1587201208
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2006
Pages: 162
Pages: 162
Authors: Azhar Sayeed, Monique J. Morrow