Title :
IP multicast in MPLS networks
Author :
Ooms, Dirk ; Livens, Wim
Author_Institution :
Alcatel, Belgium
Abstract :
The multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) community has focused its effort mainly on the label switching of unicast IP traffic, leaving the sections on multicast in the main MPLS documents virtually empty. This paper describes the issues that pop up when label switching is applied to LP multicast streams. At the end of the paper the approach taken in our prototype is advocated
Keywords :
Internet; Multi-access systems; Multicast communication; Protocols; Telecommunication switching; IP multicast; LP multicast streams; MPLS documents; MPLS networks; multiprotocol label switching; Asynchronous transfer mode; Intelligent networks; Multicast protocols; Multiprotocol label switching; Routing protocols; Space technology; Switches; Telecommunication switching; Telecommunication traffic; Unicast;
Conference_Titel :
High Performance Switching and Routing, 2000. ATM 2000. Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Heidelberg
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5884-8
DOI :
10.1109/HPSR.2000.856676
