Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Process and system for an integrated carrier ethernet exchange
- Patent Title (中): 集成运营商以太网交换的流程和系统
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Application No.: US12875039Application Date: 2010-09-02
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Publication No.: US08509249B2Publication Date: 2013-08-13
- Inventor: Craig Alan Waldrop , Sukwan Youn , Lane Gordon Patterson , Kirk Felbinger
- Applicant: Craig Alan Waldrop , Sukwan Youn , Lane Gordon Patterson , Kirk Felbinger
- Applicant Address: US CA Redwood City
- Assignee: Equinix, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Equinix, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Redwood City
- Agency: Rutan & Tucker, LLP
- Main IPC: H04L12/28
- IPC: H04L12/28 ; H04L12/56

Abstract:
An Ethernet exchanger is coupled to two or more Ethernet networks to exchange information among the two or more Ethernet networks using virtual circuits. A first Ethernet network is associated with a first carrier and a first port of the Ethernet exchanger. A second Ethernet network is associated with a second carrier and a second port of the Ethernet exchanger. Network information of the first Ethernet network and network information of the second Ethernet network are provided by the respective first carrier and the second carrier and stored in a database. A virtual circuit is provisioned to interconnect the first Ethernet network and the second Ethernet network based on a partnership between the first carrier and the second carrier and based on the stored information about the first network and the second network. The virtual circuit is associated with the first port and the second port. The stored information about the first network or the second network is reusable for subsequent provisioning of other virtual circuits associated with the first carrier or the second carrier.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110058547A1 PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR AN INTEGRATED CARRIER ETHERNET EXCHANGE Public/Granted day:2011-03-10
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