Lectures · S18 — MPLS — the road not taken, taken anyway
Week 10 · Class 1 · Nov 15–19

S18 — MPLS — the road not taken, taken anyway

Week 10 of 12Class 1 · 80 minvideo lecture video lectureanimation clip 2 animationsinteractive demo 2 live demos

Reading: Forouzan 5th ed. §18.2, §18.5 — label switching and the datagram/circuit fork

The lecture — full video

The complete session, narrated end to end, with subtitles. Turn captions on with the CC button.

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Captions play from YouTube · download the subtitle file (.vtt)

Animations — with voice-over

The animations from the lecture, cut out on their own. Each keeps its narration; turn captions on with the CC button once it is playing.

Datagram against circuit
The label swap

Try it — Walk the LSP

Walk the LSPdemo_label_switched_path.htmlopen full screen ↗

Try it — Trace the label

Trace the labeldemo_trace_the_label.htmlopen full screen ↗