Patent ID: 8681632
Filing Date: 2014-03-25
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a carrier Ethernet service system, an Ethernet layer operation, administration, and management (“OAM”) protocol based message provided by a customer premises device to a network interface device over a user network interface (“UNI”), the Ethernet layer OAM protocol based message including a request to adjust an amount of bandwidth allocated to a carrier Ethernet service provided by the Ethernet service system to the customer premises device; and adjusting, by the carrier Ethernet service system in response to the request, the amount of bandwidth allocated to the carrier Ethernet service, wherein the receiving comprises: wherein the UNI is an access link from the customer premises device to the network interface device, and the network core subsystem is upstream of the network interface device such that the bandwidth allocated to the carrier Ethernet service is adjusted upstream of the network interface device.