Apparatus and method for providing a network termination point
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- forwarding a portion of aggregated data received from a first service emulation endpoint of a service emulation instance terminator to a second service emulation endpoint of the service emulation instance terminator, wherein the first service emulation endpoint and the second service emulation endpoint correspond to a customer network and a core network, respectively;
selectively converting another portion of the aggregated data to a format that is native to another core network,wherein the forwarding of the portion of the aggregated data is performed at a switch of the service emulation instance terminator, and the conversion of the other portion of the aggregated data is performed at a framer of the service emulation instance terminator.
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Abstract
Apparatus and method for providing a termination point for service emulation instances in an access network is provided. In an embodiment, the service emulation instances are implemented utilizing, for example, pseudowires. Communications to and from the access network are aggregated and transmitted via one or more pseudowires to a service emulation instance terminator. The service emulation instance terminator converts the traffic to its native form and, if necessary, converts the traffic to a different type of format or service. The service emulation instance terminator then frames the traffic for the appropriate type of service and transmits the traffic to the service edge. Traffic received from the service is removed prepended with a pseudowire label and aggregated with other traffic. The aggregated traffic is transmitted to the customer via the access network. If necessary, an interworking function may convert the traffic from one type of service to another type of service. Further, functionalities of equipment such as frame relay switching or Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) switching may be realized in the service emulation instance terminator.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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forwarding a portion of aggregated data received from a first service emulation endpoint of a service emulation instance terminator to a second service emulation endpoint of the service emulation instance terminator, wherein the first service emulation endpoint and the second service emulation endpoint correspond to a customer network and a core network, respectively; selectively converting another portion of the aggregated data to a format that is native to another core network, wherein the forwarding of the portion of the aggregated data is performed at a switch of the service emulation instance terminator, and the conversion of the other portion of the aggregated data is performed at a framer of the service emulation instance terminator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following, forward a portion of aggregated data received from a first service emulation endpoint of a service emulation instance terminator to a second service emulation endpoint of the service emulation instance terminator, wherein the first service emulation endpoint and the second service emulation endpoint correspond to a customer network and a core network, respectively; selectively convert another portion of the aggregated data to a format that is native to another core network, wherein the forwarding of the portion of the aggregated data is performed at a switch of the service emulation instance terminator, and the conversion of the other portion of the aggregated data is performed at a framer of the service emulation instance terminator. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system comprising:
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a service emulation instance terminator configured to forward a portion of aggregated data received from a first service emulation endpoint of the service emulation instance terminator to a second service emulation endpoint of the service emulation instance terminator, wherein the first service emulation endpoint and the second service emulation endpoint correspond to a customer network and a core network, respectively; selectively convert another portion of the aggregated data to a format that is native to another core network, wherein the forwarding of the portion of the aggregated data is performed at a switch of the service emulation instance terminator, and the conversion of the other portion of the aggregated data is performed at a framer of the service emulation instance terminator. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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