The MPLS WG Archive

[Eric Osborne <eosborne@cisco.com>]

On Sat, Jul 28, 2001 at 04:02:37PM -0400, Raymond Law wrote:
> So has anyone looked into increasing the efficiency of LSP usage in a MPLS 
> domain or is there any solution already out there?
> 

Define "efficient".  Then we can start talking about what the problem
may be, whether it needs to be solved, and how to solve it.



eric

> Thanks.
> Ray,
> 
> At 03:58 PM 7/28/01 -0400, you wrote:
> 
> >Of course there is.  It's called 'real world'.
> >
> >TE is a tool, but not everything in the world (or anywhere near to that) is
> >always TE'ed.
> >
> >Any notion that MPLS LSP utilization is always efficient is ridiculous.
> >
> >On Sat, Jul 28, 2001 at 03:51:08PM -0400, Raymond Law wrote:
> > > What is the utilization of LSPs in a real MPLS domain?  It seems that the
> > > LSP utilization should be efficient since the LSPs are configured as such
> > > by traffic analysis and administrative means.  Is there a situation in
> > > which a LSP is overutilized and another LSP may be underutilized?
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > > Ray,
> > >
> >
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