System method for a communications access network
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1. In a communication system, a method for providing access communications between a customer premise and a service edge, comprising:
- receiving a communication from a customer premise equipment;
along a communications path to the service edge, sending the communication as a carrier-tagged communication, wherein the carrier-tagged communication comprises a data frame having variable frame length capability and wherein the communication from the customer premise equipment comprises a hardware address that is passed transparently by the communications path to the service edge; and
applying at least one of a second carrier tag and a second carrier tag value to the data frame at a point along the communications path at which the data frame comprises at least one of a first carrier tag and a first carrier tag value, respectively, wherein the data frame as sent along at least a portion of the communications path comprises the at least one of a first carrier tag and a first carrier tag value and the at least one of a second carrier tag and a second carrier tag value.
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Abstract
A system and method are provided for providing access communications between customer locations and a core network service edge. Access flows are handled as carrier-tagged flows through a packet switched network comprising network elements that interpret and manipulate carrier tag values associated with traffic-bearing data frames.
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1. In a communication system, a method for providing access communications between a customer premise and a service edge, comprising:
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receiving a communication from a customer premise equipment; along a communications path to the service edge, sending the communication as a carrier-tagged communication, wherein the carrier-tagged communication comprises a data frame having variable frame length capability and wherein the communication from the customer premise equipment comprises a hardware address that is passed transparently by the communications path to the service edge; and applying at least one of a second carrier tag and a second carrier tag value to the data frame at a point along the communications path at which the data frame comprises at least one of a first carrier tag and a first carrier tag value, respectively, wherein the data frame as sent along at least a portion of the communications path comprises the at least one of a first carrier tag and a first carrier tag value and the at least one of a second carrier tag and a second carrier tag value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. In a communication system, a method for providing access communications between a customer premise and a service edge, comprising:
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receiving a communication from a customer premise equipment; along a communications path to the service edge, sending the communication as a carrier-tagged communication, wherein the carrier-tagged communication comprises a data frame having variable frame length capability and wherein the data frame accepts at least one of multiple carrier tags and multiple carrier tag values; and applying at least one of a second carrier tag and a second carrier tag value to the data frame at a point along the communications path at which the data frame comprises at least one of a first carrier tag and a first carrier tag value, respectively, wherein the data frame as sent along at least a portion of the communications path comprises the at least one of a first carrier tag and a first carrier tag value and the at least one of a second carrier tag and a second carrier tag value. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. In a communication system, a method for providing access communications between a customer premise and a service edge, comprising:
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receiving a communication from a customer premise equipment; along a communications path to the service edge, sending the communication as a carrier-tagged communication, wherein the carrier-tagged communication comprises a data frame that accepts at least one of multiple carrier tags and multiple carrier tag values and wherein the communication from the customer premise equipment comprises a hardware address that is passed transparently by the communications path to the service edge; and applying at least one of a second carrier tag and a second carrier tag value to the data frame at a point along the communications path at which the data frame comprises at least one of a first carrier tag and a first carrier tag value, respectively, wherein the data frame as sent along at least a portion of the communications path comprises the at least one of a first carrier tag and a first carrier tag value and the at least one of a second carrier tag and a second carrier tag value. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62)
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63. In a communication system, a method for providing access communications between a customer premise and a service edge, comprising:
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receiving a first carrier-tagged frame having a first carrier tag value, wherein the first carrier tagged frame comprises a payload portion sent from a customer premise equipment; forming a second carrier-tagged frame comprising the first carrier tag value, the payload portion and a second carrier tag value; and sending the second carrier-tagged frame along a communication path to the service edge. - View Dependent Claims (64, 65, 66)
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