MPLS NETWORK DEVELOPMENT

ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY STUDY

MPLS OVERVIEW
 A forwarding scheme designed to speed up IP packet forwarding (RFC 3031)
 Idea: use a fixed length label in the packet header to decide packet forwarding
 Label carried in an MPLS header between the link layer header and network layer header
 Support any network layer protocol and link layer protocol

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• Multi-Protocol
– Encapsulate a data packet
• Could be IP, or some other protocol (e.g., IPX)
– Put an MPLS header in front of the packet
• Actually, can even build a stack of labels…
• Label Switching
– MPLS header includes a label
– Label switching between MPLS-capable routers
 MPLS TRAFFIC ENGINEERING

• MPLSTrafficEngineering(TE) provideshigh
qualityIPservice.
• TEdefines:
–LSPAdmissionControl(LAC)
–IPtraffic(policingandshaping)
–IPserviceprioritization
–Networkcapacityandgrowthcapacity
• TEis primary done by external tools. This
solutionallowsflexibilityandcustomization.
MPLS GUARANTEED BANDWIDTH FOR VOICE

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 MPLS OPERATION
 At ingress LSR of an MPLS domain, an MPLS header is inserted to a packet before the packet is
forwarded
 Label in the MPLS header encodes the packet’s FEC
 At subsequent LSRs
 The label is used as an index into a forwarding table that specifies the next hop and a new label.
 The old label is replaced with the new label, and the packet is forwarded to the next hop.
 Egress LSR strips the label and forwards the packet to final destination based on the IP packet
header

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 MPLS OPERATION
• Path calculation
– Constrained shortest-path first
– Compute shortest path based on weights
• But, exclude paths that do not satisfy constraints
• E.g., do not consider links with insufficient bandwidth
• Information dissemination
– Extend OSPF/IS-IS to carry the extra information
• E.g., link-state attributes for available bandwidth
• Path signaling
– Establish label-switched path on explicit route
• Forwarding: MPLS labels
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 PACKET SWITCHING VS. CIRCUIT SWITCHING

Within a network, packet switching break streams of data into smaller blocks
of data. Each of these small blocks are then sent independently over a shared
network.
Packet switching is different from circuit switching, which provides the basis for
traditional telephone networks, a circuit switch created a temporary and
dedicated link of fixed bandwidth between communicating end nodes. This link
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only lasted until the call was complete. circuit switching allows the telephone
itself to be a relatively simple device.
PACKET SWITCHING VS. CIRCUIT SWITCHING

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PACKET SWITCHING VS. CIRCUIT SWITCHING
Disadvantages of Circuit Switching:
Wasted bandwidth
Bursty traffic leads to idle connection during silent period
Unable to achieve gains from statistical multiplexing
Blocked connections
Connection refused when resources are not sufficient
Unable to offer “okay” service to everybody
Connection set-up delay
No communication until the connection is set up
Unable to avoid extra latency for small data transfers
Network state
Routers must store per-connection information
Unable to avoid per-connection storage and state failover 10
 THE SURVEY ON HATIF LIBYA NETWORK
Our proposed criteria is evaluate the performance of MPLS standard that recently
applied on Libyan telephone switching network and discussion to solve the channel
jamming and deploying the unoccupied sub-bands in lower traffic areas or extended
connection with association of other communication providers such as Libyan and
Almadar networks
 THE PROPOSED NETWORK
packet switching (MPLS) Circuit switching (Fiber Optics)
 THE STUDY WORK
 Based on the network specification the proposed work is aimed to enhance the
channel capacity and reduce the call blocking due to the raised of population growth,
especially in high density areas, demand for use is increasing as well as the call
booking is get difficult to avoid, therefore the suggested solution is to estimate the
desired band by studying the appropriate modulation scheme and digital data
transmission through a fiber optic network also the study includes the fair distribution
and deploy the sub-bands which unoccupied
 NETWORK DESIGN
The simulation of both IP and MPLS networks are employed in the OPNET Modeler 14.5. Both the
networks are simulated by considering the common topology.

IP Simulation Model
MPLS Simulation model
NETWORK SIMULATION
NETWORK SIMULATION
 CIRCUIT SWITCHING SIMULATION
 The simulation is based on the network specification from the Libyan telephone network
and using the block probability formula:

 Erlang is defined as, if the

 observation time is 10 minutes. The following formula is used
 to calculate this blockage known as the Erlang B formula:
 where
 A = traffic density
 PB = probability that calls will be lost (blocked)
 c = number of channels (server)
 k = variable representing the number of busy channels (user)
 COMPARISON SIMULATION
 The data given by Hatif Libya telephone network, and the MPLS Data are obtained from
the Opnet simulation
 (the calculations are obtained using MATLAB)

Circuit switching (Fiber Optics)

packet switching (MPLS)
Thank You