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autonomous system
ASIC
application-specific integrated circuit
ATM
asynchronous transfer mode
BGP
border gateway protocol
CoS
cost of service
CPU
central processing unit
CR–LDP
constrained-based label distribution protocol
ER–LSP
explicitly routed label-switched path
FEC
forward equivalency class
HTTP
hypertext transfer protocol
IETF
Internet Engineering Task Force
IGP
Internet gateway protocol
IP
Internet protocol
LAN
local-area network
LER
label edge router
LSP
label-switched path
MPLS
multiprotocol label switching
OSPF
open shortest path first
PSTN
public switched telephone network
QoS
quality of service
RIP
routing information protocol
RSVP
resource reservation protocol
SLA
service-level agreement
TCP
transmission control protocol
TE–RSVP
traffic engineering resource reservation protocol
UDP
user datagram protocol
VPN
virtual private network
