An MPLS based architecture for differentiated Web service

The WWW has been the preferred technology used to provide information and e-services over the Internet. However, one major limitation of Web servers is that they treat all requests equivalently, without using priority schemes or different levels of service. Various methods to introduce such differentiated service are possible. MultiProtocol Label Switching (MPLS) can be an useful tool to extend the quality-of-service (QoS) capabilities and Traffic Engineering from the core of the network to the end-systems. In the context of a QoS enabled network with MPLS capabilities, we propose an MPLS based solution to provide different levels of Web service. We have designed and simulated a Web switching architecture for next-generation QoS enabled IP networks, based on a Linux implementation of MPLS.