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bottlenecks, which hinders network extension. Inter-AS option C has better scalability because it makes
PEs directly exchange VPN-IPv4 routes.
In this solution, PEs exchange VPN-IPv4 routes over a multihop MP-EBGP session. Each PE must have a
route to the peer PE and a label for the route so that the inter-AS public tunnel between the PEs can be
set up. Inter-AS option C sets up a public tunnel by using the following methods:
A label distribution protocol within the AS, for example, LDP.
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• Labeled IPv4 unicast route advertisement by ASBRs through BGP.
Labeled IPv4 unicast route advertisement refers to the process of assigning MPLS labels to IPv4
unicast routes and advertising the IPv4 unicast routes and their labels.
Figure 48 Network diagram for inter-AS option C
As shown in Figure 48, VPN 1 routes are advertised from CE 1 to CE 3 by using the following process:
1. PE 1 advertises the VPN routes learned from CE 1 as VPN-IPv4 routes to PE 3 through multihop
MP-EBGP.
Assume that the inner label assigned by PE 1 for the routes is Lx.
2. PE 3 advertises the received routes to CE 3.
Setting up an inter-AS public tunnel is difficult in this solution. A public tunnel, for example, the one from
PE 3 to PE 1, is set up by using the following process:
1. Within AS 100, the public tunnel from ASBR 1 to PE 1 is set up by using a label distribution
protocol, for example, LDP.
Assume that the outgoing label for the public tunnel on ASBR 1 is L1.
2. ASBR 1 advertises labeled IPv4 unicast routes to ASBR 2 through EBGP to set up the public tunnel
from ASBR 2 to ASBR 1.
ASBR 1 assigns a label (L2) to the route destined for PE 1, and advertises the route and its label (L2)
to ASBR 2. The next hop for the route is ASBR 1. The incoming label for the public tunnel on ASBR
1 is L2.
3. ASBR 2 advertises labeled IPv4 unicast routes to PE 3 through IBGP to set up the public tunnel from
PE 3 directly to ASBR 2.
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