Prerequisites | Participants should have basic knowledge of telecommunication |
| and IP knowledge is strongly recommended.
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| For background knowledge, we recommend the TEKonsult courses introduction |
| to IP Network and QOS IP |
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Target groups | Participants who wish to acquire in-depth knowledge of MPLS |
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Duration | 2.0 days |
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Course content | MPLS Basics
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- MPLS Services
- Label Switched Routers
- Ingress and Egress Label Edge Routers
- Forward Equivalent Classes
- Label Switched Paths
- Selecting the Label headers appropriate to the technology
- Distributing Labels with Label Distribution Protocol (LDP)
- Comparing traffic patterns in routed and MPLS switched networks
Stacking Labels for Service Discrimination
- Multi-Service Provisioning
- Mechanisms used in ATM networks and their problems
- Deploying Label Stacking for identification of Services
- Tunneling VPN services
- Delivering Transit Networks Services
Pseudo Wire Services
- Label Stacking
- Virtual Private Wire Service (VPWS)
- Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS)
- Resilience
Quality of Service Options in MPLS Networks
- Defining the objectives of QoS
- QoS Options
- Selecting Between Multiple QoS Paths
- Deploying QoS using Class of Service and Experimental bits
- Explicitly Routed LSP
- RSVP for QoS
- Constraint Based Label Switched Paths
Deploying QoS and Differentiated Services
- Delivering QoS using Differentiated Services Code Points within IP
- Forwarding Models for DiffServ Label Switched Routers
- Preconfigured Explicit Label Switched Paths
- RSVP Extensions for DiffServ support
- Intserv Service types
Delivering Reliability
- Fault Tolerance objectives for MPLS
- Establishing a Fault Tolerant Session with LDP
- Recovering Failed LDP Sessions
- Check-pointing and graceful termination
- Fast rerouting Alternatives
- Security Considerations
- Implementation Issues
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