Label Switching Router (LSR)

A label switching router is a router that forwards MPLS packets by reading the label, swapping it for a new one and sending the packet on.

What is Label Switching Router (LSR)?

Routers at the edges, which add and remove labels, are called label edge routers (LERs) or provider edge (PE) routers; those in the core are provider (P) routers.

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