| label switching An attempt to combine the best attributes of two (as in and ) with the best attributes of the layer three (as in ). The key concept in label switching is identifying and marking IP with labels and forwarding them to a modified or , which then uses the labels to switch the datagrams through the network. The labels are created and assigned to IP datagrams based upon the information gathered from existing IP routing protocols. Prior to the formation of the Working Group in 1997, a number of vendors had announced and/or implemented proprietary label switching. (1999-06-14) |
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