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LSP utilization

  • From: Raymond Law <rlaw@vt.edu>
  • Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2001 16:02:37 -0400
  • Cc: mpls@UU.NET

So has anyone looked into increasing the efficiency of LSP usage in a MPLS 
domain or is there any solution already out there?

Thanks.
Ray,

At 03:58 PM 7/28/01 -0400, you wrote:

>Of course there is.  It's called 'real world'.
>
>TE is a tool, but not everything in the world (or anywhere near to that) is
>always TE'ed.
>
>Any notion that MPLS LSP utilization is always efficient is ridiculous.
>
>On Sat, Jul 28, 2001 at 03:51:08PM -0400, Raymond Law wrote:
> > What is the utilization of LSPs in a real MPLS domain?  It seems that the
> > LSP utilization should be efficient since the LSPs are configured as such
> > by traffic analysis and administrative means.  Is there a situation in
> > which a LSP is overutilized and another LSP may be underutilized?
> >
> > Thanks.
> > Ray,
> >
>
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