MPLS holds the key to network convergence "Here at last is all, which includes a single resource where a variety of applications sharpen into understandable text." Kireeti Kompella, Juniper Fellow, Juniper Networks "This should be the textbook for MPLS courses, both for training of experienced networking professionals and to university." Loa Andersson, Acreo AB, IAB-member and IETF MPLS working group co-chair "MPLS-Enabled Applications is a must-read for anyone involved in service-provider or corporate network." Dave Cooper, Sr. Manager IP Engineering, Global Crossing, Ltd. The ability of Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) to identify traffic based on labels in the forwarding time, coupled with the ability to force traffic to the specified path before, has created a wide range of new applications while enabling existing applications scale. With more than a hundred illustrations and thirteen in-depth chapters MPLS-Enabled Applications documents why MPLS is now considered the networking technology for carrying all types of network traffic, including voice telephone, video, real-time, and various types of data traffic. Offers coverage of labels including point-to-multipoint switched paths, DiffServ traffic engineering and QoS-aware, the technique of inter-domain traffic and road element computation, route target filtering, and the latest developments in multicast support for L3VPNs. MPLS-Enabled Applications will provide those involved in the design and deployment of MPLS systems, as well as those researching the field of the MPLS network, with a thoroughly modern view of how the MPLS network is to change the world.