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Multiprotocol Label Switching

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Multiprotocol Label Switching

Summary

Multiprotocol Label Switching is a routing protocol[1]. It draws 1,616 Wikipedia views per month (routing_protocol category, ranking #1 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • Multiprotocol Label Switching is credited with the discovery of Ipsilon Networks[3].
  • Multiprotocol Label Switching's instance of is recorded as routing protocol[4].
  • Multiprotocol Label Switching's Commons category is recorded as MPLS[5].
  • Multiprotocol Label Switching was released on 2001[6].
  • Multiprotocol Label Switching's topic's main category is recorded as Category:MPLS networking[7].
  • Multiprotocol Label Switching's described by source is recorded as RFC 3031: Multiprotocol Label Switching Architecture[8].
  • Multiprotocol Label Switching's described by source is recorded as RFC 3032: MPLS Label Stack Encoding[9].
  • Multiprotocol Label Switching's described by source is recorded as RFC 3035: MPLS using LDP and ATM VC Switching[10].
  • Multiprotocol Label Switching's described by source is recorded as RFC 3063: MPLS Loop Prevention Mechanism[11].
  • Multiprotocol Label Switching's described by source is recorded as RFC 3270: Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Support of Differentiated Services[12].
  • Multiprotocol Label Switching's described by source is recorded as RFC 3346: Applicability Statement for Traffic Engineering with MPLS[13].
  • Multiprotocol Label Switching's described by source is recorded as RFC 3353: Overview of IP Multicast in a Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Environment[14].
  • Multiprotocol Label Switching's described by source is recorded as RFC 3429: Assignment of the 'OAM Alert Label' for Multiprotocol Label Switching Architecture (MPLS) Operation and Maintenance (OAM) Functions[15].
  • Multiprotocol Label Switching's described by source is recorded as RFC 3443: Time To Live (TTL) Processing in Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Networks[16].
  • Multiprotocol Label Switching's described by source is recorded as RFC 3468: The Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Working Group decision on MPLS signaling protocols[17].
  • Multiprotocol Label Switching's described by source is recorded as RFC 3469: Framework for Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS)-based Recovery[18].
  • Multiprotocol Label Switching's described by source is recorded as RFC 3496: Protocol Extension for Support of Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) Service Class-aware Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Traffic Engineering[19].

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Definition and Type

Multiprotocol Label Switching's instance of is recorded as routing protocol[4].

Why It Matters

Multiprotocol Label Switching draws 1,616 Wikipedia views per month (routing_protocol category, ranking #1 of 5).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Instance of → routing protocol
    Described by source → RFC 3031: Multiprotocol Label Switching Architecture, RFC 3032: MPLS Label Stack Encoding, RFC 3035: MPLS using LDP and ATM VC Switching +9
    Discoverer or inventor → Ipsilon Networks
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