Patent ID: 8339988
Filing Date: 2012-12-25
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for provisioning logical circuits for intermittent use in a data network, the method comprising: receiving at least one customer order for routing data in the data network for a time period; provisioning at least one logical circuit in the data network for routing the data during the time period, wherein provisioning the at least one logical circuit comprises, without manual intervention, provisioning the at least one logical circuit through a first local access and transport area, an inter-exchange carrier, and a second local access and transport area, and wherein the at least one logical circuit includes first variable communication paths to route the data through the first local access and transport area in which the first variable communication paths automatically reroute from first input and output ports of a first set of switches of the first local access and transport area to second input and output ports of a second set of switches of the first local access and transport area while maintaining the at least one logical circuit, second variable communication paths to route the data through the second local access and transport area, and fixed communication paths to route the data between the first local access and transport area, the second local access and transport area, and the inter-exchange carrier, the second set of switches forming a route associated with the first variable communication paths that is not predefined and that is dynamically defined at a time of automatic rerouting; adding the at least one logical circuit to a deletion batch; and disconnecting the at least one logical circuit at the end of the time period.