Re: Concerning MPLS paths

[Saqib Ilyas <msaqib () gmail com>]

Anyone?


On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 6:15 PM, Saqib Ilyas <msaqib () gmail com> wrote:

> Furthermore, I was also wondering, if the bandwidth constraints are upper
> bounds, what does the traffic distribution typically look like at an LSR?
> We're interested in traffic within a single service provider, non-Internet
> traffic. Perhaps most service providers set aside some (dynamic?) pool for
> Internet traffic, while making commitments to customer's inter-site traffic.
> Thanks and best regards
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 5:50 PM, Saqib Ilyas <msaqib () gmail com> wrote:
>
> > William
> > Thanks for the reply. You say that LSPs are not static unless you use TE
> > tunnels. Are you referring to the staticness in terms of the path or in the
> > amount of bandwidth reserved on each link along a fixed path determined at
> > the time of signalling? Isn't a bandwidth constrained LSP always a TE
> > tunnel?
> > Thanks and best regards
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 5:41 PM, William McCall <william.mccall () gmail com
> > > wrote:
> >
> > > Well, yes (if you don't count the additional traffic of
> > > signalling/routing protocols, label imposition, etc) but consider the fact
> > > that topologies change and routing will tend to change the total traffic
> > > handled through a node. LSPs are not static unless you use TE tunnels.
> > > Remember that labels are Forwarding Equivalency Classes and that translates
> > > into subnets (whether they're subnets in a L3 vpn or part of the P network)
> > > and the routing is still handled through an IGP or BGP.
> > >
> > > HTH
> > >
> > > --WJM IV
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 7:10 AM, Saqib Ilyas <msaqib () gmail com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello everyone
> > > > In the context of a single service provider network running MPLS, if a
> > > > number of bandwidth constrained LSPs are passing through a particular
> > > > node
> > > > and the sum of the bandwidth constraints for the LSPs is X Mb/s, then is
> > > > X
> > > > the upper bound on the traffic through that node, or is it sometimes
> > > > exceeded as well?
> > > > Thanks and best regards
> >
> >
> > --
> > Muhammad Saqib Ilyas
> > PhD Student, Computer Science and Engineering
> > Lahore University of Management Sciences
>
>
>
> --
> Muhammad Saqib Ilyas
> PhD Student, Computer Science and Engineering
> Lahore University of Management Sciences



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Muhammad Saqib Ilyas
PhD Student, Computer Science and Engineering
Lahore University of Management Sciences