Patent ID: 9712435
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A cloud-based services exchange point comprising: a layer three (L3) autonomous system located within a data center, wherein the L3 autonomous system is configured to receive, from each of a plurality of cloud service provider networks, cloud service traffic for at least one cloud service and for distribution to one or more customer networks; a plurality of attachment circuits configured to connect, within the data center, the respective plurality of cloud service provider networks to the L3 autonomous system; and one or more attachment circuits configured to connect, within the data center, the respective one or more customer networks to the L3 autonomous system, wherein the L3 autonomous system is configured to interconnect the plurality of cloud service provider networks and the one or more customer networks by establishing end-to-end L3 paths between the plurality of cloud service provider networks and the one or more customer networks, each end-to-end L3 path including one of the plurality of attachment circuits connecting the respective plurality of cloud service provider networks to the L3 autonomous system and also including one of the one or more attachment circuits connecting the respective one or more customer networks to the L3 autonomous system, wherein the L3 autonomous system is configured to forward cloud service traffic, received on the plurality of attachment circuits connecting the respective plurality of cloud service provider networks along the end-to-end L3 paths, to the one or more attachment circuits connecting the respective one or more customer networks to the L3 autonomous system.