Research Article

Improvement of Quality of Service (QoS) over a Wide Area Network (WAN) using Multiprotocol Label Switching Traffic Engineering (MPLS-TE)

by  Adewale A. Ajao, Dike U. Ike, Ndujiuba Charles, John S. Ndueso
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International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 88 - Issue 10
Published: February 2014
Authors: Adewale A. Ajao, Dike U. Ike, Ndujiuba Charles, John S. Ndueso
10.5120/15387-3736
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Adewale A. Ajao, Dike U. Ike, Ndujiuba Charles, John S. Ndueso . Improvement of Quality of Service (QoS) over a Wide Area Network (WAN) using Multiprotocol Label Switching Traffic Engineering (MPLS-TE). International Journal of Computer Applications. 88, 10 (February 2014), 14-18. DOI=10.5120/15387-3736 

                        @article{ 10.5120/15387-3736,
                        author  = { Adewale A. Ajao,Dike U. Ike,Ndujiuba Charles,John S. Ndueso },
                        title   = { Improvement of Quality of Service (QoS) over a Wide Area Network (WAN) using Multiprotocol Label Switching Traffic Engineering (MPLS-TE) },
                        journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
                        year    = { 2014 },
                        volume  = { 88 },
                        number  = { 10 },
                        pages   = { 14-18 },
                        doi     = { 10.5120/15387-3736 },
                        publisher = { Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA }
                        }
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                        %D 2014
                        %A Adewale A. Ajao
                        %A Dike U. Ike
                        %A Ndujiuba Charles
                        %A John S. Ndueso
                        %T Improvement of Quality of Service (QoS) over a Wide Area Network (WAN) using Multiprotocol Label Switching Traffic Engineering (MPLS-TE)%T 
                        %J International Journal of Computer Applications
                        %V 88
                        %N 10
                        %P 14-18
                        %R 10.5120/15387-3736
                        %I Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Abstract

Bandwidth refers to the amount of data that can be transmitted in a specific time over a wireless or wired medium. It is an important factor that is used to analyze network performance, design new networks, and understand the internet. Multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) originated from tag switching and enables the consolidation of applications onto a single network whilst providing the mechanism to prioritize the latency of individual applications within application classes. It is a more efficient way to transfer data between wide area networks and thus helps to reduce cost and increase bandwidth, throughput and reliability. In this paper we demonstrated by simulation experiment that MPLS-TE can help decongest routing path thereby ensuring improved network performance by reducing the traffic on a network segment, and increasing network throughput and reliability.

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Keywords

Bandwidth Latency Local Area Network MPLS/TE Throughput

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