Patent ID: 8081631
Filing Date: 2011-12-20
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for routing at least one frame from an ethernet protocol network to at least one other network, each network having at least one platform serving at least one customer, associated with a virtual local area network, such that the at least one frame passes from one sending customer associated with a first virtual local area network served by a first platform to at least one receiving customer associated with a second virtual local area network served by a second platform, comprising: receiving at the first platform the at least one frame from the one sending customer; modifying the at least one frame with a customer descriptor that identifies the sending customer, wherein the modifying comprises overwriting a virtual local area network identifier field within the at least one frame with the customer descriptor; using the customer descriptor to map a path from the first platform to the second platform; and routing the at least one frame on the path.