Quality of service and availability in a full mesh WAN using IP/MPLS

Abstract

At the Argentine Department of Justice (Ministerio Público Fiscal de la República Argentina), a project is developed to set up a WAN with national coverage, quality of service, and IP/MPLS/VPN links. The project focuses on quality of service, a direct result from the selected technology. In previous work, studies explored these issues. Hence, the project enabled the implementation of the examined theory. The advantages of MPLS technology are evaluated to determine quality standards in VoIP, videoconference, mission critical appli-cations, e-mail, web access, and others. Other aspects of LANs are analyzed to obtain an availability level compatible to the required needs. The Project in-clude practical recommendations to adequate the LAN to the desired availability levels.