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 MPLS Traffic Engineering 87
Glossary
affinity bits—an MPLS traffic engineering tunnel's requirements on the attributes of the links it will 
cross. The tunnel's affinity bits and affinity mask must match up with the attributes of the various 
links carrying the tunnel.
call admission precedence—an MPLS traffic engineering tunnel with a higher priority will, if 
necessary, preempt an MPLS traffic engineering tunnel with a lower priority. An expected use is that 
tunnels that are harder to route will have a higher priority, and can preempt tunnels that are easier to 
route, on the assumption that those lower priority tunnels can find another path.
constraint-based routing—Procedures and protocols used to determine a route across a backbone 
taking into account resource requirements and resource availability, instead of simply using the 
shortest path.
flow—A traffic load entering the backbone at one point—point of presence (POP)—and leaving it 
from another, that must be traffic engineered across the backbone. The traffic load will be carried 
across one or more LSP tunnels running from the entry POP to the exit POP.
head-end—The upstream, transmit end of a tunnel.
IGP—Interior Gateway Protocol. Internet protocol used to exchange routing information within an 
autonomous system. Examples of common IGPs include IGRP, OSPF, and RIP.
IS-IS—Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System. OSI link-state hierarchal routing protocol 
whereby Intermediate System (IS) routers exchange routing information based on a single metric to 
determine network topology. 
label-switched path (LSP) tunnel—A configured connection between two routers, using label 
switching to carry the packets. label-switched path (LSP)—A sequence of hops (R0...Rn) in which 
a packet travels from R0 to Rn through label switching mechanisms. A -switched path can be chosen 
dynamically, based on normal routing mechanisms, or through configuration.
Label Switching Router (LSR)—A Layer 3 router that forwards packets based on the value of a 
label encapsulated in the packets.
LCAC—Link-level (per hop) call admission control.
LSA—Link-state advertisement. Flooded packet used by OSPF that contains information about 
neighbors and path costs. In IS-IS, LSAs are used by the receiving routers to maintain their routing 
tables.
Multiprotocol Label Switching traffic engineering—MPLS traffic engineering. A 
constraint-based routing algorithm for routing TSP tunnels.
OSPF—Open shortest path first (OSPF). A link state routing protocol used for routing IP.
RSVP—Resource Reservation Protocol. Protocol for reserving network resources to provide 
Quality of Service guarantees to application flows.
tail-end—The downstream, receive end of a tunnel.
traffic engineering—The techniques and processes used to cause routed traffic to travel through the 
network on a path other than the one that would have been chosen if standard routing methods had 
been used.