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MANAGING INTERWORKING COMMUNICATIONS PROTOCOLS

  • US 20110176552A1
  • Filed: 03/17/2011
  • Published: 07/21/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2000
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A computerized method for managing interworking protocols comprising the following computer-implemented steps:

  • provisioning, by a service management system (SMS) communicatively coupled with a plurality of service processing switches of a service provider, transport network interfaces of the plurality of service processing switches to provide a transport between subscriber interfaces of the plurality of service processing switches, the subscriber interfaces configured to communicate data in accordance with a first protocol, the transport network interfaces configured to communicate data in accordance with a second protocol; and

    causing to be created, by the SMS, a first-protocol-over-second-protocol (FPoSP) Virtual Private Network (VPN) through which a plurality of subscriber sites securely exchange data by establishing a virtual router (VR) within the plurality of service processing switches corresponding to each subscriber interface, the VRs communicate the data among the plurality of service processing switches by encapsulating packets received from the plurality of subscriber sites within packets of the second protocol and transmitting the encapsulated packets through the transport network interfaces.

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