Patent ID: 7469282
Filing Date: 2008-12-23
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for provisioning and maintaining a network circuit in a data network, comprising: providing an interface to a legacy logical element module; receiving a request to provision the network circuit, the network circuit comprising a logical circuit and a physical circuit, wherein the request includes information defining transmission characteristics of the logical circuit and physical circuit information for assigning physical equipment needed for installing the physical circuit; transmitting the request and instructions to provision the logical circuit over the interface to the legacy logical element module without manual intervention, wherein the instructions are utilized by the legacy logical element module to configure the logical circuit, wherein configuring the logical circuit comprises accessing and programming at least one network device port to send data describing a logical data path to at least one network device in communication with the legacy logical element module; and obtaining logical circuit data for the network circuit from a network management module comprises: