• HN815: All About PCE Podcast:Download(139.1MB) |Embed EthanBanks DrewConry-Murray Traditional routing protocols like OSPF simply choose the “shortest” path. • If the shortest path is full of traffic and there are alternate paths carrying nothing, OSPF can’t help you. • Path Computation Element (PCE) along with Path Computation Element Protocol (PCEP) is a way to construct forwarding paths through the network based on factors that distributed routing protocols like OSPF can’t take into consideration. • Our guest today isAndrew Stone, a Software Architect at Nokia, who “lives between the two worlds of being a networking/routing person and software development person.” PCE is one of Andrew’s knowledge domains and he is here to help explain the many use cases of PCE. • AdSpot Sponsor: Meter Meter delivers full-stack networking-wired, wireless, and cellular-to leading enterprises. • It’s a single integrated solution with everything included.

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  • Traditional routing protocols like OSPF simply choose the “shortest” path. If the shortest path is full of traffic and there are alternate paths carrying nothing, OSPF can’t help you. Path Computation Element (PCE) along with Path Computation Element Protocol (PCEP) is a way to construct forwarding paths through the network based on factors that distributed routing protocols like OSPF can’t take into consideration. Our guest today is Andrew Stone, a Software Architect at Nokia, who “lives between the two worlds of being a networking/routing person and software development person.” PCE is one o

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