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[Adithya Bhat <adithya@sasken.com>]

Hi Hemant,

Once a label is assigned to a set of packets, the label effectively defines
the "flow" through the LSP,
So will it not be better to say that, packets will be classified based on the
Labels ??

-Adithya


"Hemant P. Kelkar" wrote:

> Hi Krishnakanth,
> Label values are of local significance only , limited significance between
> the neighbour routers (LSRs). Hence, there may be same label values on two
> different LSPs in the MPLS Domain.
> Packets are classified into different FECs using a flow classifier e.g.
> same source/destination IP addresses, and service types. (TCP port
> numbers).
>
> --
> Hemant
>
> Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 05:24:07 -0400
> From: krishnakanth.rao <krishnakanth.rao@mail.cominsights.com>
> To: mpls@UU.NET
> Subject: label values
>
> 1.Can label values in two different LSP's in an MPLS domain be the same.
> 2. How is packet classification achieved at the ingress router, and on
> what basis are the packets classified into different
> FEC's at the ingress router in an MPLS domain
>
> thanks in advance
>
> Krishnakanth
>
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