A communications system for transmitting packets includes a network. The system includes a plurality of P, PE and CE devices in communication with the network. The system includes a controller which creates an LSP through the PE devices defining a path such that the LSP starts and ends at the same PE node. A method for transmitting packets. The method includes the steps of creating an LSP through PE devices in communication with the network defining a path such that the LSP starts and ends at the same PE node. There is the step of sending the packets along the path.