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Label-switched path

Label-switched path

Extracted from the Wikipedia article Multiprotocol Label Switching.

Label-switched path

A label-switched path (LSP) is a path through an MPLS network set up by the NMS or by a signaling protocol such as LDP, RSVP-TE, BGP (or the now deprecated CR-LDP). The path is set up based on criteria in the FEC.