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    History of MPLS

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    1. IP-over-ATM was initially used but had scalability issues as networks grew exponentially. It was complex using two different technologies of ATM and IP not designed for each other. 2. Multilayer switching solutions emerged combining ATM switching and IP routing but were proprietary and not interoperable between vendors. They also required ATM transport. 3. MPLS was created by the IETF to provide a standardized, multivendor solution for multilayer switching that could operate over any underlying link layer technology.

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    1. IP-over-ATM was initially used but had scalability issues as networks grew exponentially. It was complex using two different technologies of ATM and IP not designed for each other. 2. Multilayer switching solutions emerged combining ATM switching and IP routing but were proprietary and not interoperable between vendors. They also required ATM transport. 3. MPLS was created by the IETF to provide a standardized, multivendor solution for multilayer switching that could operate over any underlying link layer technology.

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    1. IP-over-ATM was initially used but had scalability issues as networks grew exponentially. It was complex using two different technologies of ATM and IP not designed for each other. 2. Multilayer switching solutions emerged combining ATM switching and IP routing but were proprietary and not interoperable between vendors. They also required ATM transport. 3. MPLS was created by the IETF to provide a standardized, multivendor solution for multilayer switching that could operate over any underlying link layer technology.

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    History of MPLS

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    1. IP-over-ATM was initially used but had scalability issues as networks grew exponentially. It was complex using two different technologies of ATM and IP not designed for each other. 2. Multilayer switching solutions emerged combining ATM switching and IP routing but were proprietary and not interoperable between vendors. They also required ATM transport. 3. MPLS was created by the IETF to provide a standardized, multivendor solution for multilayer switching that could operate over any underlying link layer technology.

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    1) IP-over-ATM this model met application requirements by using Layer 3 functionality at the edges of the network and maximized network throughput by relying on high-speed, labelswapping ATM switches and PVCs in the core. The role of IP routing was limited to the edges of the network because this model viewed software-based routers as the key source of poor network performance. But as ISPs continued their exponential growth and purpose-built equipment became available for Internet applications, continuing with the IP-over-ATM model and its inherent scalability problems made less sense. The scalability problems included the bandwidth limitations of ATM SAR interfaces, the 20 percent cell tax, the n-squared PVC problem, the Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) stress, and the inability to operate over a non-ATM infrastructure. Despite these scaling issues, the most challenging problem was the complexity of operating a network based on two disparate technologies that were independently designed and developed for entirely different tasks. 2) Multilayer Switching the industry needed to deliver a solution that provided the price and performance of an ATM switch and the control of an IP router, while eliminating the complex mapping required by the IP-over-ATM model. By late 1996, a number of vendors were promoting proprietary multilayer switching solutions that integrated ATM switching and IP routing, including: IP Switching designed by Ipsilon/Nokia Tag Switching developed by Cisco Systems Aggregate Route-Based IP Switching (ARIS) designed by IBM Corporation IP Navigator delivered by Cascade/Ascend/Lucent Technologies Cell Switching Router (CSR) developed by Toshiba

    Although these approaches had a number of characteristics in common, they were not interoperable because each relied on different technologies to combine IP routing and ATM switching into an integrated solution.

    The Problem with Multilayer Swithing Solutions - Each multilayer switching solution maintained the IP control component and used ATM label swapping as the forwarding component. The challenge facing the ISP community was that each solution was proprietary and therefore not interoperable. Also, the majority of multilayer switching solutions required an ATM transport because they could not operate over mixed media infrastructures (Frame Relay, PPP, SONET, and LANs). If multilayer switching was to be widely deployed by ISPs, there had to be a multivendor standard that could run over any link layer technology. The Solution MPLS - In early 1997, the IETF established the MPLS working group to produce a unified and interoperable multilayer switching standard. They left in the IP functionality, but removed all of the ATM protocols, replacing them with MPLS label swapping.

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