MPLS-Based VPNs Designing Advanced Virtual Networks

This guide for network engineers describe the design, deployment, and management of Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS). The book explains how MPLS virtual private networks (VPNs) function and compares MPLS to other approaches. Route distribution, VPN topologies, encapsulation, label distribution, and other techniques and features are covered. Numerous charts and diagrams are featured. Tomsu is a consulting engineer. Wieser is a systems engineer. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

PETER TOMSU, Ph.D., Senior Consulting Engineer at Cisco Systems, has worked with Cisco since 1996. He is involved in numerous network designs—for service provider backbones to large enterprise backbones—and is significantly driving new technologies during their definition, development, introduction, and final deployment phases. For many years, Tomsu has been a requested speaker at international conferences in the United States and worldwide. He is the co-author of Next Generation Optical Networking (Prentice Hall PTR).

GERHARD WEISER, M.A. leads a team of Systems Engineers at Cisco Systems. He has been with the company since 1998. He works primarily on the design and deployment of large service provider backbones and access networks. As a speaker for technical tutorials throughout Europe, he frequently shares his practical experience. He received his Masters Degree from the Fachhochschule Technikum Wien in Vienna, Austria.