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MPLS-TP

Last updated May 16, 2025, generated by Sumble

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What is MPLS-TP?

MPLS-TP (Multi-Protocol Label Switching - Transport Profile) is a connection-oriented transport technology based on MPLS. It's designed for carrier-grade networks and aims to provide deterministic, reliable, and manageable transport services. It's commonly used in telecommunications for backhaul, business services, and other applications requiring high performance and availability, offering features like Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) capabilities and inherent resilience.

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What other technologies are related to MPLS-TP?

MPLS-TP Competitor Technologies

Ethernet Ring Protection Switching (ERPS) as an alternative protection mechanism.

mentioned alongside MPLS-TP in 25% (64) of relevant job posts

A legacy transport technology that competes with MPLS-TP in some applications.

mentioned alongside MPLS-TP in 5% (195) of relevant job posts

IP/MPLS is a more general form of MPLS, and MPLS-TP is designed to be a simplified connection-oriented subset for transport networks. Regular IP/MPLS competes for the same use cases.

mentioned alongside MPLS-TP in 6% (143) of relevant job posts

OTN is another transport technology that competes with MPLS-TP, especially for high-bandwidth applications.

mentioned alongside MPLS-TP in 4% (114) of relevant job posts

A very old technology that MPLS-TP replaces.

mentioned alongside MPLS-TP in 6% (66) of relevant job posts

Carrier Ethernet

Carrier Ethernet is another technology that can be used in transport networks and competes with MPLS-TP.

mentioned alongside MPLS-TP in 4% (53) of relevant job posts

Segment Routing

Segment Routing competes with MPLS-TP. Segment Routing is being used increasingly in place of LDP/RSVP signalling.

mentioned alongside MPLS-TP in 3% (66) of relevant job posts

L2VPN technologies compete with MPLS-TP in providing layer 2 connectivity.

mentioned alongside MPLS-TP in 3% (55) of relevant job posts

MPLS-TP Complementary Technologies

DWDM provides the physical layer transport for MPLS-TP in many deployments.

mentioned alongside MPLS-TP in 2% (221) of relevant job posts

IS-IS can be used as a routing protocol in an MPLS-TP network.

mentioned alongside MPLS-TP in 1% (75) of relevant job posts

Microwave can be used as a transmission medium with MPLS-TP.

mentioned alongside MPLS-TP in 1% (73) of relevant job posts

Which job functions mention MPLS-TP?

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Jobs mentioning MPLS-TP

Orgs mentioning MPLS-TP

Customer Engineer

0% (68) job posts

15 organizations

Network Engineer

0% (52) job posts

25 organizations

Communications

0% (49) job posts

18 organizations

Telecommunications Engineer

1% (16) job posts

9 organizations

Telecom Engineer

1% (16) job posts

4 organizations

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Which organizations are mentioning MPLS-TP?

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