Cloud-based services exchange
First Claim
1. A cloud-based services exchange point comprising:
- a layer three (L3) autonomous system located within a data center;
a plurality of attachment circuits configured to connect, respectively, within the data center, a plurality of cloud service provider networks to the L3 autonomous system; and
an attachment circuit configured to connect, within the data center, a customer network to the L3 autonomous system,wherein the L3 autonomous system is configured to interconnect the plurality of cloud service provider networks and the customer network by establishing end-to-end L3 paths between the plurality of cloud service provider networks and the customer network, each end-to-end L3 path including one of the plurality of attachment circuits connecting the plurality of cloud service provider networks to the L3 autonomous system and also including the attachment circuit connecting the customer network to the L3 autonomous system,wherein the L3 autonomous system is configured to forward cloud service traffic for at least one cloud service, received from each of the plurality of cloud service networks on each of the plurality of attachment circuits, to the attachment circuit connecting the customer network to the L3 autonomous system.
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Abstract
In general, a cloud-based services exchange (or “cloud exchange”) for interconnecting multiple cloud service providers with multiple cloud service customers is described. The cloud exchange may enable cloud customers to bypass the public Internet to directly connect to cloud services providers so as to improve performance, reduce costs, increase the security and privacy of the connections, and leverage cloud computing for additional applications. In this way, enterprises, network carriers, and SaaS customers, for instance, can integrate cloud services with their internal applications as if such services are part of or otherwise directly coupled to their own data center network.
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29 Claims
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1. A cloud-based services exchange point comprising:
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a layer three (L3) autonomous system located within a data center; a plurality of attachment circuits configured to connect, respectively, within the data center, a plurality of cloud service provider networks to the L3 autonomous system; and an attachment circuit configured to connect, within the data center, a customer network to the L3 autonomous system, wherein the L3 autonomous system is configured to interconnect the plurality of cloud service provider networks and the customer network by establishing end-to-end L3 paths between the plurality of cloud service provider networks and the customer network, each end-to-end L3 path including one of the plurality of attachment circuits connecting the plurality of cloud service provider networks to the L3 autonomous system and also including the attachment circuit connecting the customer network to the L3 autonomous system, wherein the L3 autonomous system is configured to forward cloud service traffic for at least one cloud service, received from each of the plurality of cloud service networks on each of the plurality of attachment circuits, to the attachment circuit connecting the customer network to the L3 autonomous system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a layer three (L3) autonomous system of a cloud-based services exchange point and located within a data center, configuration data defining, a plurality of attachment circuits configured to connect, respectively, within the data center, a plurality of cloud service provider networks to the L3 autonomous system and an attachment circuit configured to connect, within the data center, a customer network to the L3 autonomous system; interconnecting, by the L3 autonomous system, the plurality of cloud service provider networks and the customer network to establish end-to-end L3 paths between the plurality of cloud service provider networks and the customer network, each end-to-end L3 path including one of the plurality of attachment circuits connecting the plurality of cloud service provider networks to the L3 autonomous system and also including the attachment circuit connecting the customer network to the L3 autonomous system; forwarding, by the L3 autonomous system, cloud service traffic for at least one cloud service, received from each of the plurality of cloud service networks on each of the plurality of attachment circuits, to the attachment circuit connecting the customer network to the L3 autonomous system. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A cloud exchange comprising:
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an interconnection platform; and one or more cloud exchange points comprising respective, different layer three (L3) autonomous systems and located within respective, different data centers; a plurality of attachment circuits configured to connect, respectively, a plurality of cloud service provider networks to the one or more L3 autonomous systems; and an attachment circuit configured to connect a customer network to one of the one or more L3 autonomous systems, wherein the interconnection platform is configured to configure the one or more L3 autonomous systems to interconnect the plurality of cloud service provider networks and the customer network by establishing end-to-end L3 paths between the plurality of cloud service provider networks and the customer network, each end-to-end L3 path including one of the plurality of attachment circuits connecting the plurality of cloud service provider networks to the one or more L3 autonomous systems and also including the attachment circuit connecting the customer network to the one of the L3 autonomous systems, and wherein the interconnection platform is configured to configure the L3 autonomous system to forward cloud service traffic for at least one cloud service, received from each of the plurality of cloud service networks on each of the plurality of attachment circuits, to the attachment circuit connecting the customer network to the one of the L3 autonomous systems.
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