What are some use cases of a labeled unicast AFI/SAFI (1/4) ?

[sergeyrar]

BGP can advertise a whole bunch of AFI/SAFIs, one of them is IPv4/IPv6 labeled unicast. I was wondering what are the practical applications of this kind of route? And how is it different from a VPN route? From what I understand in both cases a label is attached to the advertised prefix. (Is the difference that VPN allocates a label per VRF, and in the labeled unicast case a label is allocated per route?)

From my research I found out that IPv6 labeled unicast is used in 6PE scenarios, where the core MPLS network is IPv4 and is used to connect between IPv6 speaking PE routers. What are the use cases for IPv4 labeled unicast then? To connect IPv4 speaking PE routers over an IPv6 MPLS core? (Does it have a formal name 4PE??) Any other use cases ?

Please help me clear my understanding. Thanks.

Edit: found out that ipv4 labeled unicast is also used in inter-AS L3VPN option C

[wintermute000]

Data center. Check juniper material in particular


https://forums.juniper.net/t5/Data-Center-Technologists/MPLS-in-Data-Centers-Using-existing-technology-to-solve-new/ba-p/268697


https://books.google.com.au/books?id=pBooCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA105&lpg=PA105&dq=BGP+labelled+unicast+in+the+data+centre&source=bl&ots=781fjBaDtj&sig=PnSBApv8LReyRx76Ae7qWFeYv4U&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiryMSs8I_XAhXHErwKHUosCD4Q6AEIaTAI#v=onepage&q=BGP%20labelled%20unicast%20in%20the%20data%20centre&f=false


The linked book is MIND BLOWING if you're a MPLS fan.