ScalabilityofIPMPLSnetworks.pptVIP

Scalability of IP/MPLS networks  Lieven Levrau 30th April, 2008 Agenda MPLS control plane: Scaling the IGP to each scenario MPLS transport tunnels: Scaling MPLS to each scenario Use cases Services to be offered by the IP/MPLS network: L2VPN P2P (VPWS) for mobile backhauling, non-routable residential traffic L2VPN P2MP or MP2MP (VPLS) for enterprise customers L3VPN (IPVPN) for routable residential traffic 3 orders of magnitude for deployment scenarios: Scenario 1: 1k PE nodes Scenario 2: 10k PE nodes Scenario 3: 100k PE nodes IGP scalability with 1k nodes A single area is sufficient for