Patent ID: 7984154
Filing Date: 2011-07-19
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A system including a non-transitory computer readable medium having program logic for providing a network service interface stored thereon, wherein said network service interface is available to a plurality of application programs, said program logic performing steps comprising: obtaining a predetermined resource allocation policy applicable to at least one resource in a communications network; obtaining at least one request from one of said plurality of application programs, wherein said request includes an application specific network service request for communication capabilities of said communications network that are only available to said one of said plurality of application programs, wherein said at least one resource comprises a network element within a path used to convey data packets of said one of said plurality of application programs through said communications network; processing said request responsive to at least one parameter provided in said request and said predetermined policy, including translating said request into at least one selected protocol level command, said translating includes automatically selecting said selected protocol level command from a plurality of protocol level commands corresponding to management plane and control plane operations of said communications network; and wherein said request designates said path as a circuit switched path to carry said data packets of said one of said plurality of application programs over said communications network, and wherein said processing said request includes selecting said at least one protocol command to set said circuit switched path to carry said data packets of said one of said plurality of application programs over said communications network.