Interconnect system for supply chain management of virtual private network services
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1. An interconnect domain for providing substantially complete decoupled mediation of network services between one or more carriers connected to a communications network, said interconnect domain comprising:
- at least one pair of single interfaces, each interface in the at least one pair configured with substantially the same specification for the removal, from packets transmitted through each interface in the at least one pair, of at least one of network membership information or network distribution protocol label data;
one or more collocation facilities, each collocation facility having a network device configured to decouple connectivity of one or more carriers to said communications network, and at least one gateway associated with each said network device;
a route propagation system in communication with at least two gateways in one or more collocation facilities, said propagation system comprising routers where routing information is hosted for distribution through said communications network; and
a management network in communication with one or more networking elements of said network device and in communication with said route propagation system to facilitate managed operation of said network device and said route propagation system.
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Abstract
An interconnect system for the supply chain management of network services, preferably virtual private network services, provides a networking architecture and interface usable in delivering substantially measurable virtual private network services involving multiple carriers.
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1. An interconnect domain for providing substantially complete decoupled mediation of network services between one or more carriers connected to a communications network, said interconnect domain comprising:
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at least one pair of single interfaces, each interface in the at least one pair configured with substantially the same specification for the removal, from packets transmitted through each interface in the at least one pair, of at least one of network membership information or network distribution protocol label data; one or more collocation facilities, each collocation facility having a network device configured to decouple connectivity of one or more carriers to said communications network, and at least one gateway associated with each said network device; a route propagation system in communication with at least two gateways in one or more collocation facilities, said propagation system comprising routers where routing information is hosted for distribution through said communications network; and a management network in communication with one or more networking elements of said network device and in communication with said route propagation system to facilitate managed operation of said network device and said route propagation system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An interconnect domain for providing performance-based network services, said interconnect domain comprising:
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at least one pair of single interfaces, each interface substantially similarly configured, for the removal, from packets transmitted through each interface, of at least one of network membership information or network distribution protocol label data, resulting in substantially complete routing separation over said interconnect domain; one or more collocation facilities, each collocation facility having a network device configured to standardize connectivity of one or more carriers to a communications network, and at least one gateway associated with each said network device; a route propagation system in communication with at least two gateways in one or more collocation facilities, said propagation system comprising routers where routing information is hosted for distribution through said communications network; and a management network in communication with one or more networking elements of said network device and with the route propagation system to facilitate operation of said network device and said route propagation system.
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21. A system for providing substantially measurable network service across an interconnect domain connecting one or more carriers to said interconnect domain, said system comprising:
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one or more carrier domains connected in a way that each carrier domain is logically separated therefrom, each carrier domain comprising a carrier'"'"'s network backbone, and a pair of routers in communication with said network backbone; and at least one interconnect domain comprising at least one collocation facility, which has a network device and one or more gateways associated with said network device, a route propagation system for managing and controlling route propagation functions, a management network in communication with said network device and said route propagation system, and a pair of substantially similar single interfaces for separating at least one of the carrier domain from the interconnect domain, the carrier domain from another carrier domain, or the interconnect domain from another interconnect domain by removing, from packets transmitted through each interface in the pair, at least one of network membership information or network distribution protocol label data. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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