Real time configuration and provisioning for a carrier ethernet exchange
US8537845B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 13, 2012 |
| Grant date | Sep 17, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 13, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L41/5054
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An Ethernet switch platform is configured to receive and process a provisioning order to establish a logical virtual circuit interconnecting a physical port associated with a buying carrier and a physical port associated with a selling carrier to set up a private network to private network connection between the buying and selling carriers. The virtual circuit is established with parameters called for in a request for quote (RFQ) initiated by the buying carrier and in a response to the RFQ submitted by the selling carrier. Information from the RFQ and from the response together with information previously stored in a relational database is extracted and used to fill out the provisioning order. The information extracted from the database include profile information and network service information associated with the buying and selling carriers.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.