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Local significance of labels?

  • From: dfsd <yvy7807@earthlink.net>
  • Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:35:48 -0400
  • Resent-Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 11:10:33 -0400
  • To: mpls-ops@mplsrc.com
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What is the benefit of having locally significant labels versus assigning a 
single label at the edge that stays with the packet as it transverses the 
entire network?  Why are labels swapped at each node?

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