Patent ID: 9075753
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. An interface management system for creating, managing and destroying interfaces on a network element, the interfaces enabling physical resources of the network element to be abstracted for use by applications running on the network element, the interface management system comprising: an application process object associated with an application running on the network element; an interface entity object configured to provide interface services to the application process object, the interface entity object representing one of a physical port and a channel to be used by the application within the network element; and an interface identification (IFID) manager configured to interface between the application process object and the interface entity object to manage communications between the objects, the IFID manager providing an environment for support of a media abstraction layer to enable applications to access a plurality of interface types without creation of dependencies between the applications and interfaces of the plurality of interface types.