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MPLS and Next-Generation Networks: Foundations for NGN and Enterprise Virtualization

ISBN: 1587201208
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2006
Pages: 162

Authors: Azhar Sayeed, Monique J. Morrow

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• 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
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• D
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