In case you haven't heard, MPLS stands for multi protocol label switching and IP is simply internet protocol. The routers are the key to this type of network. One of the type of routers is a label edge router. This tags the packets with a label and sends them onto the network. The next router is a label switch router which looks at the label and decides where it should go.
This simplifies and speeds up the process of forwarding packets because the label is right there instead of having to be looked up in a routing table, but there are other uses beyond this.
These label switch routes are created to do many things. They can be used for traffic engineering such as for quality of service and avoiding traffic congestion. Another use is to create IP VPN tunnels in the network, creating secure transmission without encryption.
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