That is confusing. Do the network operators actually use the mpls on Label swithcing routers (LSR) now, or the answers I am getting are for the future? Are there any LSRs with MPLS in use anywhere? I am trying to learn about the infrastructure currently deployed not the one to come in the future? _____________________________________________________ On Thu, 14 Oct 1999, Alan Hannan wrote:
3 bits of clarification:
Some stick MPLS in the middle ala IP/MPLS/HDLC or IP/MPLS/SONET.
This was dumb. I meant, ala IP/MPLS/HDLC or IP/MPLS/PPP.
A couple of folks mailed me to state that MPLS as a transport technology was in the future, isn't it? In fact, 2 networks including our own have deployed large [mostly ubiquitous] MPLS deployments, where most traffic runs on it, one all over, another in certain regions/areas.
Finally, I was 'reminded' that MPLS convergence will actually surpass SONET w/ restoral times, on the order of << 50 ms. Really real soon now.
-alan