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Hopefully you have got until monday 8) It is often the case they are not combined and actually do not need to be, this is very vendor dependent. Rather some of the concepts are used to build MPLS, you will find some have a predilection for ATM in their solutions. The work in MPLS has been driven forward for a number of reasons. It might be worth considering how important IP applications and ubiquity are in all this. You might also address the functionality that sits in TCP. Why ATM never reached end to end to the degree IP has done. What part does internet growth play in this? Is protocol overhead important when we start to scale the backbone. Why do we need GMPLS? Is there an abstraction here of forwarding and control? Why are all the vendors taking part? What part do economics play in this? Also have a look at the L2 drafts http://search.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-kompella-mpls-l2vpn-02.txt http://search.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-martini-l2circuit-trans-mpls-05 .txt http://search.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-martini-l2circuit-encap-mpls-01 .txt and Juniper's work with Circuit Cross Connect (CCC), http://www.juniper.net/techpubs/software/junos41/swconfig-traffic-eng41/html /part-ccc.html The following article might prove interesting, http://www.lightreading.com/testing/ try this for news in the ATM world http://207.44.247.244/atmforum/whitepaper.cfm http://www.atmforum.com/atmforum/market_awareness/pressreleases/prrel.html And of course you probably know these http://www.mplsrc.com/ http://www.mplsrc.com/mplsfaq.shtml http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/mpls-charter.html mail me direct if you want some specifics, good luck d -----Original Message----- From: eemksu1@elec.qmw.ac.uk [mailto:eemksu1@elec.qmw.ac.uk] Sent: 15 March 2001 12:27 To: mpls-ops@mplsrc.com; eemksu1@elec.qmw.ac.uk Subject: MPLS (IP+ATM) Hello all Hope all of you are doing good. I am a student, studying MSc in Internet Computing at QMW, University of London. As part of my coursework I have to write an essay on MPLS. From what I have heard, it says that by combining best of both IP and ATM will make up MPLS Network. What I like to know is that..how IP and ATM are combined together and which features of both IP and ATM are selected to make up MPLS Network? If anyone has any information regarding the above questions or any links/articles that you may know of..please do let me know..help me..time is running out. Many thanks in advance ------- The MPLS-OPS Mailing List Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.mplsrc.com/mplsops.shtml Archive: http://www.mplsrc.com/mpls-ops_archive.shtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Statements and opinions expressed in this e-mail may not represent those of the company. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the material from any computer ============================================================================== ------- The MPLS-OPS Mailing List Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.mplsrc.com/mplsops.shtml Archive: http://www.mplsrc.com/mpls-ops_archive.shtml |
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