Routers Bring MPLS into the Access Layer

by Tami Freeman fibers.org News, 29 Nov 2005 Service providers are eagerly deploying MultiProtocol Label Switching (MPLS) in the core and aggregation layers of their optical networks, but its high price-point means that it is often ruled out as an option for the cost-sensitive access arena. That's unfortunate, because settling for traditional Ethernet technologies, such as virtual local-area networks, means the access layer misses out on the resiliency, reliability and scalability that MPLS can bring to Ethernet-based networks. Read more