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Mesh-based Survivable Transport Networks: Options and Strategies for Optical, MPLS, SONET and ATM Networking (Hardcover) by Wayne D. Grover

"Always on" information networks must automatically reroute around virtually any problem-but conventional, redundant ring architectures are too inefficient and inflexible. The solution: mesh-based networks that will be just as survivable-and far more flexible and cost-effective. Drawing heavily on the latest research, Wayne D. Grover introduces radical new concepts essential for deploying mesh-based networks. Grover offers "how-to" guidance on everything from logical design to operational strategy and evolution planning-including unprecedented insight into migration from ring topologies and the important new concept of p-cycles.

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Metro Ethernet by Sam Halabi

Metro Ethernet looks at the deployment of metro data services from a holistic view. It gives a description of the current metro, which is based on TDM technology, and discusses the drivers and the challenges to be faced in transforming the metro to address data services. Metro Ethernet discusses the mix of transport technologies deployed in the metro and the migration strategies that metro operators will adopt in moving from today's SONET/SDH network to an all-Ethernet network. You'll learn about the VPLS model and how you can use MPLS to extend an L2 service across the MAN and the WAN. You'll explore traffic engineering and how you can use RSVP TE to increase the reliability and availability of the metro service. Finally, you will examine an emerging MPLS technology called Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) and how it is used to facilitate the operation and deployment of metro networks. GMPLS presents a major shift in the operation and configuration of transport networks and will tremendously influence the future deployments of metro and WAN networks.

Added: 02nd August 2006 09:37:26 AM   Modified: 02nd August 2006 09:37:26 AM    Rate it

MPLS by Bruce S. Davie, Yakov Rekhter

A detailed analysis and practical guide to Multiprotocol Label Switching, MPLS: Technology and Applications does a good job of explaining why you'd want to deploy MPLS on your network, before it gives you the details on how to go about the task. The authors, two senior Cisco Systems engineers who are involved directly in the development of MPLS standards and equipment, explain the problems that are inherent in providing IP routing service over Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) links, and show how MPLS does its job. Also, they helpfully discuss emerging ways of providing Virtual Private Network (VPN) services with MPLS. Throughout, the focus is on minimizing network traffic, optimizing routing, and generally using the MPLS toolkit to solve otherwise difficult networking problems. This is a book as much about traffic engineering as any specific technology.

Added: 02nd August 2006 09:12:17 AM   Modified: 02nd August 2006 09:12:17 AM    Rate it

MPLS and Label Switching Networks (2nd Edition) by Uyless Black

The approach in this book, while not completely academic, tends toward straightforward documentation of parts and behaviors. In a typical section, Black explains Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) by documenting the bit structure of LDP messages, and then listing and commenting on their possible functional contents. Line drawings help clarify the text, but this is, by and large, a book for people who like to learn by reading. Footnotes that reference RFCs and other documents add to the scholarly tone. You might also consider reading Jim Guichard's MPLS and VPN Architectures for a more Cisco-oriented approach and MPLS: Technology and Applications by Bruce Davie and Yakov Rekhter for another platform-neutral take on the subject. --David Wall

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MPLS and Next-Generation Networks: Foundations for NGN and Enterprise Virtualization (Paperback) by Azhar Sayeed, Monique Morrow

Network managers often question the value that MPLS brings to their business environment. This book provides them with a precise guide for evaluating the benefits of MPLS-based applications and solutions. The book guides the network manager through the business case for MPLS by exploring other technology alternatives, including their applications, benefits, and deficiencies. Understanding the service creation process as the basis for MPLS-based solutions is pivotal when describing the benefits that MPLS offers. Furthermore, the book explores MPLS technology and its components, providing an overview of the architecture necessary to reap the true advantages that MPLS brings to a service provider or enterprise network. These advantages include new revenue opportunities and a total cost of ownership reduction that positively impacts a company's bottom-line. ROI models and case study examples further confirm the business impact and help decision-makers create a blueprint for MPLS service creation. Specific aspects such as security, network management, advanced services and the future of the technology complete the book, helping decision makers assess MPLS as a candidate for implementation. In short, readers can to use this comprehensive guide to understand and build a business case for the inclusion of MPLS in their networks.

Added: 02nd August 2006 09:11:25 AM   Modified: 02nd August 2006 09:11:25 AM    Rate it

MPLS and VPN Architectures, Vol. 1 by Ivan Pepelnjak, Jim Guichard

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) is an innovative technique for high-performance packet forwarding. There are many uses for this new technology, both within a service-provider environment and within the enterprise network, and the most widely deployed usage today is the enabling of Virtual Private Networks (VPNs). With the introduction of MPLS-enabled VPNs, network designers are able to better scale their networks than with the methods available in the past.

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MPLS and VPN Architectures, Vol. 2 by Ivan Pepelnjak, Jim Guichard, Jeff Apcar

MPLS and VPN Architectures, Volume II, begins with a brief refresher of the MPLS VPN Architecture. Part II describes advanced MPLS VPN connectivity including the integration of service provider access technologies (dial, DSL, cable, Ethernet) and a variety of routing protocols (IS-IS, EIGRP, and OSPF), arming the reader with the knowledge of how to integrate these features into the VPN backbone. Part III details advanced deployment issues including security, outlining the necessary steps the service provider must take to protect the backbone and any attached VPN sites, and also detailing the latest security features to allow more advanced topologies and filtering. This part also covers multi-carrier MPLS VPN deployments. Finally, Part IV provides a methodology for advanced MPLS VPN troubleshooting.

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MPLS for Metropolitan Area Networks (Hardcover) by Nam-Kee Tan

MPLS for Metropolitan Area Networks demonstrates solutions provided by MPLS features. The text opens with an overview of metro networks and MPLS. It examines traffic engineering issues, focusing on fundamental TE concepts and network control. The author then discusses how MPLS can bring increased reliability to Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs), and concludes with a detailed analysis of the service aspect of MANs. Topics reviewed include L3 and L2 MPLS VPNs, geographically dispersed Ethernet multipoint services, virtual private LAN services (VPLS), and the integrated services (IntServ) and differentiated services (DiffServ) QoS models with respect to MPLS.

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MPLS Fundamentals (Paperback) by Luc De Ghein

MPLS has emerged as the new networking layer for Service Providers throughout the world. For many Service Providers and enterprises MPLS is a way of delivering new applications on their IP networks, while consolidating data and voice networks. MPLS has grown to be the new default network layer for Service Providers and is finding its way into Enterprise networks as well. As opposed to the other books from Cisco Press on MPLS, this book will focus on the building blocks of MPLS (forwarding packets, LDP, MPLS and QoS, CEF, etc.) and not on a specific MPLS applications (MPLS VPN or MPLS Traffic Engineering). MPLS Fundamentals will provide readers with a basic understanding of MPLS and its applications. Readers will receive a comprehensive overview of all the aspects of MPLS, including its applications and a perspective on the future of MPLS. Additionally, the reader will be initiated into the world of MPLS and after reading the book, will be able to make a decision about which MPLS application or network design fits his or her needs.

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MPLS Network Management by Thomas D. Nadeau

"This book deserves to be read not just because it is the first book on MPLS network management, but because it focuses on solving the real problems network managers face." From the Foreword by Bruce Davie, Cisco Fellow, Cisco Systems "With this book, Thomas Nadeau provides both the necessary foundation and intricate details required to effectively deploy and operate MPLS-enabled applications and networks." Danny McPherson, TCB "This text should be required reading for anyone deploying an MPLS-enabled network. It guides the reader through the body of MPLS MIBs, providing a level of detail that is appropriate for both network operators and developers of network management software." Ronald P. Bonica, Co-chairman, IETF CCAMP WG

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MPLS VPN Security by Michael H. Behringer, Monique J. Morrow

MPLS VPN Security is the first book to address the security features of MPLS VPN networks and to show you how to harden and securely operate an MPLS network. Divided into four parts, the book begins with an overview of security and VPN technology. A chapter on threats and attack points provides a foundation for the discussion in later chapters. Part II addresses overall security from various perspectives, including architectural, design, and operation components. Part III provides practical guidelines for implementing MPLS VPN security. Part IV presents real-world case studies that encompass details from all the previous chapters to provide examples of overall secure solutions.

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MPLS-Based VPNs Designing Advanced Virtual Networks by Peter Tomsu, Gerhard Wieser

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) enables enterprises and service providers to supercharge their virtual private networks (VPNs), dramatically improving scalability, performance, security, and efficiency. In MPLS-Based VPNs: Designing Advanced Virtual Networks, two leading Cisco experts give network engineers comprehensive guidance on implementing MPLS in any VPN environment. Drawing on their extensive practical experience with MPLS, Peter Tomsu and Gerhard Weiser present start-to-finish coverage of design, deployment, and management. Coverage includes: Understanding the functionality of IP-based MPLS VPNs Comparing MPLS to alternative solutions: key benefits and essential tradeoffs Route distribution, VPN topologies, encapsulation, label distribution, and other key techniques and features Advanced Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) design techniques that avoid the most common VPN problems Enterprise deployment models for Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL), cable, mobile/wireless, and dial access VPNs MPLS for Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPN architectures Current and future MPLS VPN applications

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MPLS-Enabled Applications by Ina Minei, Julian Lucek

The capability of Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) to identify traffic based on its label at forwarding time, coupled with its ability to force traffic down pre-established paths, has created a whole range of new applications while enabling scaling of existing applications. To highlight the emerging developments, Ina Minei and Julian Lucek cover traffic engineering, L3VPNs (Layer 3 Virtual Private Networks), pseudowires, VPLS (Virtual Private LAN Service), and much more. They methodically illustrate how MPLS holds the key to network convergence by allowing operators to offer more services over a single physical infrastructure and how it can reduce the cost of the network by streamlining operations. With over a hundred illustrations and thirteen in-depth chapters MPLS-Enabled Applications documents why MPLS is now considered the networking technology for carrying all types of network traffic, including voice telephony, real-time video, and the many types of data traffic.

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MPLS: Implementing the Technology (With CD-ROM) (Paperback) by Eric W. Gray, Gray

This book is intended to be a self-contained reference for MPLS technology. However, MPLS as a technology interacts with a large number of other technologies, such as various routing protocols, link-layer technologies, and--in theory at least--network-layer technologies. This book does not describe the specifics of individual routing protocols except as they directly relate to MPLS. There are many good reference books on routing and network- and link-layer technologies. This book provides an overview of the various technologies that led to the development of MPLS. A relatively high-level summary of the history of the development process is useful in understanding some of the choices made in that process. However, this book's goal is to make the protocol itself understandable, so the focus is on the protocol details that resulted from the process of merging the various proposals rather than on a detailed analysis and comparison of each proposal. Books that do a good job of comparing at least the early proposals already exist.

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Multiwavelength Optical Networks by Thomas E. Stern, Krishna Bala

Written by leading authorities in optical networking, this book explores wide area wavelength-division multiplexing now that commercial deployment is at hand. After an overview of the enabling technology, the authors focus on methodologies for network analysis, control, design, and protection from a layered multiwavelength network architecture point of view.

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