--- title: Worth Reading: Was MPLS TE Worth the Effort? «... description: Bruce Davie's retrospective on MPLS Traffic Engineering is highlighted, questioning whether the complexity of MPLS-TE was justified compared to simpler... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/worth-reading-was-mpls-te-worth-the-effort-ipspace-net-blog-nrf9lshe7 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Worth Reading: Was MPLS TE Worth the Effort? « ipSpace.net blog | daily.dev og:description: Bruce Davie's retrospective on MPLS Traffic Engineering is highlighted, questioning whether the complexity of MPLS-TE was justified compared to simpler... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/worth-reading-was-mpls-te-worth-the-effort-ipspace-net-blog-nrf9lshe7 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/NRf9lSHE7.png og:image:alt: Worth Reading: Was MPLS TE Worth the Effort? « ipSpace.net blog og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Worth Reading: Was MPLS TE Worth the Effort? « ipSpace.net blog **[ipSpace.net Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/ipspace)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Bruce Davie's retrospective on MPLS Traffic Engineering is highlighted, questioning whether the complexity of MPLS-TE was justified compared to simpler alternatives like link weights and multipath routing. The core tension: while MPLS-TE had theoretical benefits for improving link utilization and reducing congestion, proving it outperformed traditional methods in practice was difficult. Commenters note the excessive label state burden in the core, troubleshooting complexity, and scaling challenges, while pointing to Segment Routing (SR/SRv6) as a more practical evolution. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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