Network Working Group J. Boyle Request for Comments: 3346 PD Nets Category: Informational V. Gill AOL Time Warner, Inc. A. Hannan RoutingLoop D. Cooper Global Crossing D. Awduche Movaz Networks B. Christian Worldcom W.S. Lai AT&T August 2002 Applicability Statement for Traffic Engineering with MPLS Status of this Memo This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Copyright Notice Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2002). All Rights Reserved. Abstract This document describes the applicability of Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) to traffic engineering in IP networks. Special considerations for deployment of MPLS for traffic engineering in operational contexts are discussed and the limitations of the MPLS approach to traffic engineering are highlighted. Boyle, et al. Informational