1 -LDP is a control driven MPLS signaling protocol which means labels are
2 distributed according to changes in L3 topology, not in response to data flows.
3 -LDP only assignes and receives mappings which are in turn fed to the MPLS
4 forwarding plane. LDP does not participate in the actual labelling of
5 packets. Labeling of packets is part of the MPLS forwarding plane.
6 See 'mpls-linux' for an implementation of MPLS forwarding.
7 -LDP has a few modes of operation:
8 Distribution Mode - Unsolicited vs On Demand
9 Control Mode - Independent vs Ordered
10 Repair Mode - Local vs Global
11 -LDP genrates or requests labels for each FEC. A FEC is defined as an entry
12 in the L3 forwarding table.