[c-nsp] Experience on MPLS-TP (MPLS Transport profile)

[Farhan Jaffer]

Thanks Mark for the update.

Let's see how next generation of Transport Networks look like!

-FJ

On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 4:50 PM, Mark Tinka <mtinka at globaltransit.net>wrote:

>  On Saturday 24 April 2010 06:58:26 pm Farhan Jaffer wrote:
>
> > Any one who have an experience on network running
> >  MPLS-TP? I would like to know that how this technology
> >  is being adopt by service providers, especially those
> >  who are running IP/MPLS backbone in their networks.
>
> AFAIK, no real implementations exist in production.
>
> Much of the work is still within the standards bodies, and a
> number of working groups are working on various parts of the
> protocol.
>
> A general update from Luca Martini can be found here:
>
>
> http://www.nanog.org/meetings/nanog48/presentations/Tuesday/Martini_MPLS_N48.pdf
>
> It's going to be interesting to see how existing IP/MPLS
> backbones receive MPLS-TP, especially if they aren't
> incumbents. That said, I can see how legacy telco's would
> like the concepts it presents, even though they may have
> existing IP/MPLS backbones.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mark.
>