Juniper Network Junos MPLS and VPNs

This project demonstrates the design and configuration of an IP MPLS network with a virtual private network for Pacific Internet Solutions. It includes network diagrams, VPLS implementation, and network infrastructure redesign. The text also covers IPTV, caching, and network design requirements.

JUNIPER NETWORK JUNOS MPLS AND VPNs
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Table of Contents
1 Introduction...................................................................................................................................1
2 Part - 1...........................................................................................................................................1
2.1 Network diagram of a baseline layer 3 MPLS VPN network.................................................1
2.2 Network Diagram of a Layer 3 MPLS VPN Network...........................................................2
2.3 Network diagram of a Multicast MPLS network...................................................................3
2.4 Functional diagram of an IPTV network................................................................................4
3 Part – 3..........................................................................................................................................4
3.1 Question 1..............................................................................................................................4
3.2 Question 2..............................................................................................................................5
3.3 Question 3..............................................................................................................................6
3.4 Question 4..............................................................................................................................6
3.5 Question 5..............................................................................................................................6
4 Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................8
References.............................................................................................................................................9

1 Introduction
Main objective of this project is to provide an opportunity to demonstrate the design
and configuration an IP MPLS network, with a virtual private network for the provided
scenario. The provided scenario is a Pacific Internet Solution. This company is a
multinational internet service provider and it offers wide range of internet services to the
customers. This company also provides layer 3 VPN and VPLS, to corporate with customers.
It recently delivers IPTV to its customers. It needs to incorporate the efficient delivery of
IPTV services. This company only supports the unicast. So, it needs to use the efficient IPTV
delivery method. This method is used to increase the IPTV subscribers over the next five
years.
Here, we prepare four types of network diagrams for corporating customers such as,
baseline layer 3 MPLS VPN network, layer 3 MPLS VPN network, Multicast MPLS network
and functional diagram of an IPTV network. Then, design and implement the Virtual Private
LAN Services (VPLS) to meet the requirements of the corporate customers. Finally, we will
redesign the network infrastructure for Pacific Internet Solutions. So, the user need to provide
the network design proposal, which meets the Pacific Internet Solutions for the consideration
and requirements.
2 Part - 1
2.1 Network diagram of a baseline layer 3 MPLS VPN network
A MPLS Virtual Private Network comprises of an arrangement of destinations that
are interconnected by methods, for a MPLS (Multiprotocol Label Switching) provider core
network. At every client site, at least one CE (Client Edge) gadgets connects to at least one
PE (Provider Edge) gadgets (SearchNetworking, 2018). The offered MPLS-VPN availability
benefits are a great degree requested at little, medium, vast business endeavours and in the
budgetary organizations. This MPLS-VPN availability benefit gives expanded scope of
administrations. For example, security, nature of Service and any-to-any network, to meet the
necessities of our clients. Also, this MPLS-VPN availability benefit is accessible at ostensible
costs.
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2.2 Network Diagram of a Layer 3 MPLS VPN Network
L3 MPLS VPN administrations enable the organizations to re-appropriate their present
network center, by utilizing a private IP-based administration offering from a specialist co-
op. Dissimilar to the current overlay networks like, MPLS VPNs necessitate that the
undertaking peer has with the SP at the IP L3 level. In this situation, the SP organize is
associated with the L3 steering of the IP parcels conveyed by the venture. This capacity is
executed through Virtual Routing/Forwarding (VRF) tables for every client, and MPLS
names to de-multiplex and to burrow client movement through the SP core. Since the SP
organizes take interest in the steering of client activity, every endeavour must infuse its
prefixes into the suitable VRF table in the SP arrangement. The SP is in-charge of
guaranteeing that these courses are circulated to the proper client VRF tables (Cisco, 2018).
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2.3 Network diagram of a Multicast MPLS network
Multicast is an entrenched transfer speed moderating innovation that reduces the
movement by enabling a host to send parcels to a subset of all the hosts, as a gathering
transmission, which opposes to send the bundles to each and every client. IP Multicast
conveys the application source activity to various beneficiaries without loading the source or
the recipients while utilizing at least network transfer speed and empowering effortlessly
adaptable and sparing dispersed applications. Multicast bundles are recreated in the network
at the point, where the ways wander by Cisco switches empowered with Protocol
Independent Multicast (PIM) and the other supporting multicast conventions, bringing about
the most effective conveyance of information to thousands and even a large number of
business or purchaser clients (3Pillar Global, 2018).
Multicast innovation and conventions must be available in the centre, edge, and access
layers of an IP triple-play set up. The security should likewise be conveyed all through,
alongside a high-accessibility engineering end-to-end. IP Multicast can be bundled into two
arrangements from a useful outlook like, intra domain and inters the domain multicast.
Multicast Virtual Private Network makes it workable for a local IP or Cisco IP Multiprotocol
Label Switching (MPLS) spine to help various multicast benefits over any current access
innovation. For example, ATM, Frame Relay, or Ethernet. Cisco IP or MPLS mVPN
innovation takes into consideration a solitary multicast source stream to be reproduced in a
network, with accuracy and security. With the Cisco mVPN innovation, endeavour networks
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and specialist co-ops can powerfully rather than physically give multicast bolster over MPLS
networks (Cisco, 2018).
2.4 Functional diagram of an IPTV network
IPTV is basically the conveyance of media substance, recordings or live TV over an
IP set up. This can either utilize people in general web or a WAN or LAN. An IPTV
administration can be conveyed to an IP empowered TV, cell phone, tablet, PC or PC and can
be effectively joined into a video on interest arrangement. IPTV is regularly utilized by the
organizations and associations to convey TV to hold up the regions, gathering and normal
rooms. An IPTV benefit, is commonly circulated by a specialist organization, and conveys
live TV programs or on-request video content. An IPTV framework might be utilized to give
video content over a private network in an endeavour, such executions are far less normal
than the endorser based models, because of unpredictability and scaling issues. IPTV
fundamentally utilizes IP multicasting with Internet Group Management Protocol, for live
transmissions and Real-Time Streaming Protocol for on-request programs. Other basic
conventions incorporate Real-Time Messaging Protocol and Hypertext Transfer Protocol
(HTTP) (Cisco, 2018).
3 Part – 3
3.1 Question 1
The virtual private LAN benefit (VPLS) is a telecom bearer given administration that
makes it feasible for the clients to make a Local Area Network between geologically separate
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locales. All the administrations in a VPLS give off an impression of being on a similar LAN,
paying little heed to the area.
Not at all like the conventional WAN (wide area network) availability or IP-based
virtual private networks, a VPLS can be utilized to transport non-IP activity with no
requirement, for transformation or embodiment. A VPLS has a work organize topology,
which implies it can give point-to-point, multipoint administrations and any-to-any
capacities. As a result, VPLS makes a virtualized Ethernet switch at the specialist co-op's
edge, connecting numerous remote destinations as though they were on the equivalent
physical switch.
The VPLS utilizes multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) to make the presence of a
virtual private network at every endorser area. Ethernet packets are barrowed by the pseudo-
wire through the provider, and are free of movement from the other Internet clients. Casings
are sent by layer 2 exchanging principles and adaptation to non-critical failure guarantees that
every bundle arrives flawless at its proposed goal. The design and the board of the VPLS can
fall either to the specialist organization or to the in-house organizing group, in the view of the
necessities of the individual client.
3.2 Question 2
Netflix has developed from a video benefit with seven million U.S. subscribers, of
one that ranges 93 million individuals around the world. Its development and capacity to
break into the settled ventures with first video rental, now TV and film is an uncommon
achievement. The accommodation of the administration disturbs the current film rental
industry and in the long run prompts its destruction. Because, the broadcasting innovation can
send just a single message at an opportunity to everybody in its range (The Conversation,
2018). Since video streaming services, for example, Netflix convey programming on interest,
the viewers can pick what and when to watch as opposed to watching "what's on." So, the
conventional channel's task is to build up a timetable, and the key undertakings of gateway
are developing a variety of projects.
Impacts/ challenges
 With a great number of subscribers, assortment of new items, packaged and modified
arrangements, the operational help administrations like administration setup, display
satisfaction, client care, and charging are ending up progressively complicated.
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 With the accessibility of new innovations, the assortment and nature of
administrations from telecom organizations and network access providers (ISP) are
expanding, the overall revenues are diminishing, and the lines between telecom
organizations and innovation merchants are obscure (racknap.com, 2018).
 Media transmission providers need to make moves up to their IT and availability
framework, and spotlight on giving information and voice benefits that are highly
dependable, excellent and moderate.
3.3 Question 3
There is no supreme response for the transmission capacity prerequisite for the IPTV
benefit, in light of the fact that the data transfer capacity necessity is expanding, because of
the gadgets inside the family. Along these lines, at present the packed HDTV substance can
be conveyed at an information rate somewhere in the range of 8 and 10 Mbit/s, yet on the
probability that the home of the purchaser outfitted with a few HDTV yields, this rate will be
duplicated individually.
3.4 Question 4
Caching and web pre-catching of client information endeavours to enhance the
execution of the web from numerous point of views. To start with, caching endeavours to
reduce the unresponsiveness of the client related by acquiring the web records. Latency can
be reduced on the cache that the reserve is normally much closer to the customer than the
provider of the substance. Second, the caching endeavours to decrease the network movement
from the web servers. Network load can be reduced in a way that the web pages that are
served from the store need to less cross the network than when they are served by the
provider of the substance. At long last, caching can decrease the quantity of solicitations on
the substance provider. It additionally may bring down the travel costs, for the access
providers.
3.5 Question 5
The increasing demand for high performance network (i.e. high throughput and low
delays on an end-to-end basis, a degree of fairness in accessing available channel bandwidth
among active users on the network, and a quality of service provisioning) has challenged
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network researchers to design the network architectures capable of delivering a high quality
of service to the end users (Tripleplay.tv, 2018).
1. Client’s business problems, opportunities and objectives
The business objectives incorporate the ability to run the set up applications, to meet
the corporate business destinations, and the need to work inside the business imperative. For
example, spending plans, restricted networks administration staff, and tight time allotments.
2. Client’s current needs and possible future needs
Understanding your client's business objectives and limitations is a basic part of the
network structure. Outfitted with an intensive examination of your client's business goals, it is
possible to propose a network structure that will meet the client's support.
3. Business requirements
Designing a network can include a testing task. The initial step is to comprehend the
network’s administration prerequisites. The networks administration devices must mirror the
objectives, attributes, and approaches of the associations in which they work. The two
essential objectives drive organizing the structure and usage:
 Application accessibility – The networks convey application data between PCs.
But, when the applications are not accessible to position the clients, then the
network isn't doing its activity.
 Cost of proprietorship - Information framework (IS) spending plans today
regularly keep increasing. As expansive associations progressively depend on, the
electronic information for overseeing the business exercises, the related expenses
of processing assets will keep on rising.
A very much planned network can help balance these targets. At the point when,
legitimately executed, the network foundation can upgrade the application’s accessibility and
permit the practical utilization of the existing network assets.
4. Prediction future network demands
Today, to build up a network that satisfies the client’s necessities and can suit the
future requests, it bodes well to build up a movement method, on a network by-setting up the
premise, in such case return to and reassess every component, after some time. With market,
business, and innovation elements evolve rapidly, you should watch out for your network so
it can progressively bolster open doors as they happen.
5. Description of the network design
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The proposed network design for Pacific Internet Solutions is used to provide
effective network design, when compared to the existing networks. It provides the following
factors,
 High availability
 High scalability
 High flexibility
 High Security
The proposed network design provides layer 3 VPN and VPLS, to corporate customers. It
also delivers the IPTV to its customers. It incorporates the efficient delivery of IPTV services
to their customers.
4 Conclusion
This project successfully designed and configured the IP MPLS network with the
virtual private network for Pacific Internet Solutions. The user successfully prepared four
types of network diagrams for corporate customer such as baseline layer 3 MPLS VPN
network, layer 3 MPLS VPN network, Multicast MPLS network and functional diagram of
an IPTV network. Then, design and implement the Virtual Private LAN Services (VPLS) to
meet the requirements of the corporate customers. Finally, the network infrastructure is
redesigned for Pacific Internet Solutions. So, the user created the network design proposal,
which meets the Pacific Internet Solutions for the consideration and requirements.
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Tripleplay.tv. (2018). What is IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) - IPTV Service - IPTV
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