Patent ID: 9712440
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A system, comprising: a network device in communication over a multi-tenant network; the network device configured to receive a plurality of data packets over the multi-tenant network, each of the data packets identifying one of a plurality of tenant devices, wherein each of the plurality of tenant devices is associated with one of a plurality of subscriber tenants; the network device further configured to determine a network address associated with each of the received data packets; the network device further configured to determine a unique identifier of a respective one of the plurality of subscriber tenants for each of the data packets based on the network address associated with each of the received data packets; and the network device further configured to communicate a policy profile of a corresponding one of the subscriber tenants to another network device in the multi-tenant network based on the determined identifier, the policy profile indicating a connectivity service for provision by the network device and the another network device to those tenant devices associated with the corresponding one of the subscriber tenants.