TY - JOUR N2 - Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) is effective in managing and utilizing available network bandwidth. It has advanced security features and a lower time delay. The existing literature has covered the performance of MPLS-based networks in relation to conventional Internet Protocol (IP) networks. But, too few literatures exist on the performance of MPLS-based Virtual Private Networks (VPN) in relation to traditional VPN networks. In this paper, a comparison is made between the effectiveness of the MPLS- VPN network and a classic VPN network using simulation studies done on OPNETŪ The performance metrics used to carry out the comparison include; End to End Delay, Voice Packet Sent/Received and Label Switched Path?s Traffic. The simulation study was carried out with Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) as the test bed. The result of the study showed that MPLS-based VPN networks outperform classic VPN networks. IS - 5 AV - public TI - Performance of MPLS-based Virtual Private Networks and Classic Virtual Private Networks Using Advanced Metrics RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY Y1 - 2018/// ID - eprints17620 VL - 16 UR - http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/17620/ JF - TELKOMNIKA SP - 2073 KW - MPLS KW - VPN KW - performance metrics KW - load KW - throughput EP - 2081 A1 - Okokpujie, Kennedy O. A1 - Shobayo, Olamilekan A1 - Noma-Osaghae, Etinosa A1 - Okokpujie, Imhade P. A1 - Okoyeigbo, Obinna ER -