MPLS PW VPLS and IP VPNs Services
(T) MPLS has strongly emerged as the best technology to provide initially IP VPNs also called Layer 3 VPNs and now PWS (Pseudo Wires Services) and VPLS (Virtual Private LAN […]
MPLS Label Switching Fundamentals
(T) Organizations have been demanding virtual private networks (VPNs) instead of costly leased lines from their service providers and, Ethernet and IP services instead of DS1 and DS3 services. MPLS […]
GFP VCAT LCAS Giving A New Life to SONET
(T) At SuperComm 2005 in Chicago, most vendors of optical CPE and transport products have now adopted the new Ethernet over SONET/SDH (EoS) family of protocols. The first EoS chips […]
Replacing the Spanning Tree with GELS
(T) At the 2005 MPLS World Congress in Paris, an evolution of GMPLS called GELS was announced to provide a control plane to Ethernet switching. The idea is quite interesting […]
