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Re: Info On DLCI/VPI VCI as the Label

  • From: Mathew Lodge <mathew@cplane.com>
  • Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2001 07:50:18 -0800
  • Resent-Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 13:52:02 -0500
  • To: "J.C.Ramesh Babu" <rameshbabu_j@inf.com>, <mpls-ops@mplsrc.com>
  • X-Sender: lodge@localhost

At 11:10 AM 12/7/2001 +0530, J.C.Ramesh Babu wrote:
>When we think of ATM as the Layer 2 technology, we know that VPI/VCI is
>considered as the Label (identifier). But I'm eager to know how a label (the
>exact format in terms of bits and bytes) looks like.
>  Can someone kindly educate me on this?

You can read the MPLS RFCs to find out the format (check the MPLS working 
group at www.ietf.org), but for a more complete and thorough introduction 
to MPLS, I recommend Bruce Davie & Yakov Rekhter's book "MPLS: Technology 
and Applications".

Cheers,

Mathew

| Mathew Lodge                | mathew@cplane.com     |
| Director, Product Marketing | Ph: +1 408 789 4068   |
| CPLANE, Inc.                | http://www.cplane.com | 

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