Patent ID: 7596629
Filing Date: 2009-09-29
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for operating a first provider edge node in a virtual private network, said method comprising: providing a source forwarder in said first provider edge node wherein a target forwarder is provided at a second provider edge node of said virtual private network; sending a request from said first provider edge node to said second provider edge node for connection of said source forwarder to said target forwarder via a pseudowire; and including in said request an identifier of said target forwarder, said identifier comprising a portion belonging to an address space shared by forwarders that are connected to multiple attachment circuits to customer nodes and forwarders that are connected to a customer node via exactly one attachment circuit, said identifier being globally unique within said virtual private network; wherein one of said source forwarder and said target forwarder is associated with a virtual private wire service and the other of said source forwarder and said target forwarder is associated with a virtual private local area network service.