Title :
MPLS with a simple OPEN control plane
Author :
Das, Saurav ; Sharafat, Ali Reza ; Parulkar, Guru ; McKeown, Nick
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA, USA
Abstract :
We propose a new approach to MPLS that uses the standard MPLS data plane and an OpenFlow based simpler and extensible control plane. We demonstrate this approach using a prototype system for MPLS Traffic Engineering.
Keywords :
multiprotocol label switching; telecommunication traffic; MPLS traffic engineering; OPEN control plane; OpenFlow; extensible control plane; prototype system;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0213-6
