Patent ID: 8396954
Filing Date: 2013-03-12
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a branch site including a branch client; a headquarters site including a headquarters server, the branch site and the headquarters site being communicatively coupled over a link via transmission media, the link being identified through a link identifier, the branch client and the headquarters server being communicatively coupled over a network connection via the transmission media, and the network connection being identified through a connection identifier; a first point of presence (POP) communicatively coupled with the branch site over a first segment of the link; and a second POP communicatively coupled with the first POP over a second segment of the link, and communicatively coupled with the headquarters site over a third segment of the link, the branch site being configured to transmit a packet of the network connection, and associated with the branch client, over the first segment to the first POP, based on the link identifier, the packet encoding the link identifier and the connection identifier, the first POP being configured to: the second POP being configured to: