Figure 107: Carrier-of-Carriers Internet Service
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The customer carrier's PE routers that connect to the provider's VPN use LDP to
exchange labels for the internal routes between themselves and the provider carrier's
PE router.
The customer carrier's PE routers that connect to the provider's VPN learn external
routes through IBGP sessions among themselves.
Figure 107 on page 471 shows a sample carrier-of-carriers environment in which the
customer carrier provides Internet connectivity services to its customers. The figure shows
how the labels are added and removed as the traffic traverses the network. The
label-signaling protocol is assumed to be LDP.
Configuration Steps
You must complete the following configuration process when the customer carrier
provides Internet connectivity for its customers.
On the provider carrier's PE router:
Configure MPLS.
1.
Configure BGP.
2.
Chapter 6: Configuring BGP-MPLS Applications
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