Re: Long hops on international paths

[PAUL R BARFORD <pb () cs wisc edu>]

Thanks Saku and Michael.
________________________________
From: Saku Ytti <saku () ytti fi>
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2022 9:17 AM
To: Michael Hare <michael.hare () wisc edu>
Cc: PAUL R BARFORD <pb () cs wisc edu>; Esteban Carisimo <esteban.carisimo () northwestern edu>; nanog () nanog org 
<nanog () nanog org>; Fabian E. Bustamante <fabianb () cs northwestern edu>
Subject: Re: Long hops on international paths

On Tue, 18 Jan 2022 at 17:14, Michael Hare <michael.hare () wisc edu> wrote:

> AS3128 runs MPLS and it's probable someone might correct me here, but for a IGP backbone area I think it's common for 
> there to be a full mesh of LSPs via either LDP, RSVP, SR etc.  AS3128 is a small regional and we operate in that way 
> across 60+ nodes.  I don't know if it's common for someone with a global footprint like 1299 to have a contiguous 
> global MPLS backbone, but the point of my reply was to say it's not impossible to think 1299 has a global MPLS mesh 
> between major POPs.

Yes, this is the common case, not an exception.

--
  ++ytti